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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    Cadogan appreciated fully the good effects of massage and advocates its use strongly. It seems strange that in spite of its use by the ancients, in spite of Cadogan and other clear-headed physicians of his day, in spite of Playfair and Weir Mitchell, mas¬ sage and passive exercise should be left so largely to laymen, charlatans and quacks. The neglect of these two curative procedures by the medical profession is largely respon¬ sible for the growth of two modern cults, osteopathy and chiropractic. Space prevents an examination of this interesting essay; suffice it to say that he regarded gout as curable, but not by medical means. The causes he sets down are indo¬ lence, intemperance and peace of mind. All this is fully explained with succint comment. it seems a little strange (unless one pauses) to read: “I recommend it to all men to wash their feet every day.” But we must not tarry here. The book set London agog. It was followed by a number of other publications. An anonymous “Candid Enquiry into the Merits of Dr.