An essay on the nature and causes of the gout. With a few conjectures on the probability of its cure / By Marmaduke Berdoe, M.D.

  • Marmaduke Berdoe
Date:
1772
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Credit: An essay on the nature and causes of the gout. With a few conjectures on the probability of its cure / By Marmaduke Berdoe, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ 60 E S S A Y on 0 expoled to the conftant aflion of the air.— Let them, iffubjedl to the hemorrhoidal flux, be cautious of its fuppreflion, or fometimes endeavor to promote it, by a more copious ufe of wine, and purgative medicines, pro¬ vided the bowels feem loaded and obftrufted, , but be cautious in its ufe, [wine] whenever this flux is fuddenly fupprefled.—The con¬ tinued ufe of flrong liquors is dangerous, but a prudent ufe of wine promotes the aflion of the interior region , and confequently renders the bowels lefs fubjefl to a furchar^e. —If ftudious, let them often take exercife with their fludies. Such are the general pre¬ cautions. Particular ones, of which phyfi- oians, or thofe who fludy nature, can only be the judge, are bleeding in the feet at the equinoxes, iffues, long voyages in warm cli¬ mates, travelling, leeches to the hemorr¬ hoidal rebels, and lohenincr and calmin<x O t> decoQions. An aftive life is above all recommended. For indolence is morally conhdered as the