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

  • William Cadogan
Date:
1925
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    Him seated, imprimis, (“with innocence you, “And quantum sufficit of ignorance too,) “Will tell him, that nothing you eat, you can relish, “Tho’ with pickles, and dainties your meal you embellish: “He attends to your case, prescribes something that’s spicy, “To warm and invig’rate” your stomach so icy: “Infusions in brandy, vitriolic elixirs,” Enough to make any man well, that is sick, sirs; Or wou’d you permit me the truth here to tell,— Vice versa—to make you all sick that are well. But shou’d his old friend, learned doctor Curando, Feel your pulse, shake his head, and write—“ quaere sudando,” Yet think not to draw from one son of the college, Without moneys attraction a ray of his knowledge. The wilds of America sure claim his birth, For Io! the unwholsomest food upon earth, Is meat, as we eat it, or roasted, or boil’d, Since that he pronounces entirely spoil’d, “And therefore, ’tis fitting we learn to admire, “And like cannibals eat it unspoil’d by the fire.” No doubt his remark is most highly judicious, “For to see the red juices is truly delicious,” And by way of incitement—a hint if you please— “The tartars and cannibals, know no disease.” “The evils we feel, we most certainly cause,” By trampling, downright, upon wise nature’s laws: “Our pleasures, are like a coquet that is coy, “Which is always pursu’d, we shou’d never enjoy: °°[1 io}°