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HEAT expands and softens the tissues, bringing more blood and lymph into the parts: cold tightens them up. It is, I suggest, this change which leads to pain in rheumatic people. A sudden thaw is most trying.
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HILL, L. [Letters to the Editor]. Nature 131, 28 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131028b0
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