A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes. What those causes are, and a rational and natural method of cure proposed : addressed to all invalids / by William Cadogan.

William Cadogan

Date:: 1772

Credit: A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes. What those causes are, and a rational and natural method of cure proposed : addressed to all invalids / by William Cadogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[ 4° ] !y brings on the fame round of com¬ plaints again and again, all aggravated by each return, and he Icfs able to bear them ; till he becomes a confirnaed in¬ valid and cripple for life, which, with a g^reat deal of ufelefs medication and 'a few journies to bath, he drags on, till, in fpite of all the doctors he has confulred, and the infallible quack medicines he has,_ taken, lamenting that none have been lucky enough to hit his cafe, he finks be¬ low opium and brandy, and dies long be¬ fore his time. This is thecourfe.I have lived to fee many take, and believe it to be the cafe of more whom I have never heard of, and which any one may ob- lerve in the circle of his acquaintance : all this chain of evils is brought on and accumulated by indolence and intemiper- ance, or miftaken choice of diet. How eafily might they have been remedied, had the real caufes been known and at¬ tended to in time ! I believe I mud here explain a little iitore fully what I mean by provoking the appetite j \$