THE USE OF COLD IN MEDICINE
Authors: Lawrence W. Smith
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 October 1942THE USE OF COLD IN MEDICINELAWRENCE W. SMITH, M.D.LAWRENCE W. SMITH, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-618 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn no period of medical history has so much progress been made in the conquest of disease as in the past few decades. One by one the infectious diseases have been pushed into the background; the deficiency diseases no longer pose major problems; even cancer, and the degenerative diseases of the cardiovascular renal system seem slowly to be losing out in their struggle for dominance over man. Scientific, specific bio- and chemotherapy have largely replaced the placebos, superstitions and nostrums of the past generation, yet the hot-water bottle and the ice-bag yield not one iota of their importance in our...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: LAWRENCE W. SMITH, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read as a Morning Lecture before the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 23, 1942.From the Department of Pathology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIce freezes pain? 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