An account of the discovery and operation of a new medicine for gout / [A. Welles].

  • Welles, A.
Date:
1804
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Credit: An account of the discovery and operation of a new medicine for gout / [A. Welles]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in September, and has pursued them with great exact- ness ever since. Dr. Crowther, of Wakefield, now finds it much more easy than before to distinguish be- twixt the osseous depositions on the joints, and the thickened periosteum ; but judiciously adds, that this advantage is probably owing to the constant rubbing and stretching. It is indeed highly improbable that the medicine externally should. have any peculiar effect in forwarding absorption. _ A quarter of a year’s similar tr eatment without it will determine the point, On the 7th \of November, .1802, Mr. Crowther was attacked with the gout in his right foot. Con- - ceiving the attack to be slight, he made use of the pediluvium in thé evening, and deferred taking the - tincture till the symptoms should become mare urgent. In the afternoon of the eighth, the pain became se- vere, and ‘* he commenced,” says Dr. Crowther, ‘taking the tincture according to your directions, and had very little pain after Tuesday, since which time he has walked about and attended to his business, ‘“‘ He does not consider the effect of the medicine as decisive in this instance, because he used the pedi- luvium*, which has frequently, on former occasions, *] have never advised the pediluvium while the gouty ac- tion was at all going on. I have known medical persons, who plunged their feet in this state into cold water; and I have heard a physician relate of another, that he applied cold water with advantage to his stomach when affected by the gout. Doubtless, if the stomach and head carry on their healthy movements with so much vigour that they can bear rude as. saults with impunity, the application of cold to the extremi- ties may be useful. But we have no sure means of estimating when the operation of cold will be confined to the reduction of inflammation in the part to which it is applied, and when inter,
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