Perhaps first described by Baron Dominick Jean Larrey, who is attributed with invention of the "flying ambulance," ____ phenomenon occurs when cold extremities are warmed.
A. Osborne
B. rewarming shock
C. burrowing
D. after drop
Answer: D
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