A treatise upon gravel and upon gout : in which the sources of each are investigated, and effectual means of preventing, or removing these diseases recommended.

Date:
1787
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Credit: A treatise upon gravel and upon gout : in which the sources of each are investigated, and effectual means of preventing, or removing these diseases recommended. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ *77 ] removed ; and the fooner that intention has been anfvvered the better, for {tones, by remaining in the body, very often pro- duce in the furrounding parts, alterations which can never be Recovered. When we are aiming merely at the correction of a redundancy of acid, from which Gravel or Gout are apprehended, the alkalis and lime do not require to be ✓ employed in fo great quantities as for the folution of a Itone. They need only be given in fufficient proportion for the re- gular correction of any acidity in the ca- nal. Our view, in this cafe, is to pre- vent the future introduction of any fo- reign acid, and for this purpofe, nothing can be better adapted than magnefia. It may be ufed for the deftruCtion of acids in N tb-e