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Concept

Cold

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  • A patient suffering perpetual coldness surrounded by perplexed physicians attempting their cures. Coloured soft-ground etching.
  • (Left) an old woman sitting on a stool with a cat and warming her hands at a brazier; (right) an old man playing the hurdy-gurdy. Etching by E. Russell after J. Callot.
  • A noted shamisen teacher playing to assembled pupils, some of whom follow with scores, while others relax on the floor. Colour woodcut triptych by Yoshitora, 1866.
  • A young man representing cold standing between two women representing aspects of summer. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1645, after S. Vouet.
  • The Sheffield election of 1868: (left) two men play cards and drink in a warm pub; (right) two women (one with a baby) beg and cower in a snowy street. Transfer lithograph, 1868.
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    A noted shamisen teacher playing to assembled pupils, some of whom follow with scores, while others relax on the floor. Colour woodcut triptych by Yoshitora, 1866.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: Month 8, 1866 | Reference: 567447i
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    New experiments and observations touching cold, or, An experimental history of cold, begun : to which are added an examen of antiperistasis, and an examen of Mr. Hobs's doctrine about cold : whereunto is annexed An account of freezing, brought in to the Royal Society, by the learned Dr. C. Merret, a fellow of it : together with an appendix, containing some promiscuous experiments and observations relating to the precedent history of cold / by ... Robert Boyle.

    Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 | Date: 1683
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    Specification of John Rose : apparatus for applying heat, cold, and other agents in medicine and surgery.

    Rose, John. | Date: 1858
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    Activities of winter: a man is chopping wood and others are warming themselves at a bonfire on a river bank. Etching by Perelle.

    | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 29940i
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    A patient suffering perpetual coldness surrounded by perplexed physicians attempting their cures. Coloured soft-ground etching.

    | Reference: 11646i
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