William Cadogan [His essay on gout] / by John Ruhräh.

  • William Cadogan
Date:
1925
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Credit: William Cadogan [His essay on gout] / by John Ruhräh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the less danger there is of obstructions fixing in them, or their being calcined and utterly destroyed. But instead of this, the general practice is quite the reverse. Oh! keep up your spirits, they cry; keep it out of your stomach at all events; where, whenever it rages in a distant part, it is not at all inclined to come. As you cannot eat, you must drink the more freely. So they take cordials, strong wines, and rich spoon-meats. By urging in this manner, a great fever is raised, the pain enraged and prolonged; and a fit, that would have ended spontaneously in less than a week, protracted to a month or six weeks, and, when it goes off at last, leaves such obstruction and weakness in the parts, as cripple the man ever after. All this I hope will be fairly and candidly under¬ stood; for there is doubtless a great variety of gouty cases, but no case that will not admit of medical assistance judiciously administered. But the most capital point of all, and what is mostly desired by all, is to prevent it’s return, or changing into any other disease, and to establish health. Most men would be very well pleased and happy could this be done by any medical trick or nostrum, with full liberty of living as they list, and indulging every appetite