A short dissertation on the gout . Wherein the universal fear of doing anything to ease or cure it, (instilled in people's heads by both antient and modern writers) will be proved to be a mere bug-bear, a groundless supposition, a vulgar error, &c. and a safe method of relieving the most violent pains, shortening the fit, and lengthening the intervals, will be proposed, and confirmed by several cases. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S.
| Douglas, John ca. 1680-1743. | Date: 1741