An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout. Written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq., together with an account of the nature and quality of the Bath waters, the manner of using them, and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne].

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1724
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Credit: An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout. Written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq., together with an account of the nature and quality of the Bath waters, the manner of using them, and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [.98] fits, to difcompofe its natural and ufual Fun¬ ctions, and to paint falfe and delufory Images, and Ideas on the Imagination. And this is the firft Stage and Degree of the Vapours and ner¬ vous Diforders, properly fo call'd, where the Caufes thereof are confin'd to alimentary Paf- fages. But thefe caufes being continued, and proper Remedies negle&ed, when through time, thefe Fumes, Steams, Wind and Vapours, get with the unconcofted and vifcid Chyle, through the LaCteals, into the Blood,and other Juices: And the Berfpiration, by its Glewinefs, cannot pafs by its Hrains, over the Surface of the Skin, nor the other Secretions be duly made; there will follow from the State of the Stomach and Bowels; i. Lofs of Appetite, four and fharp Belchings, continual Heart¬ burnings, Vomitings of green or black Choler, nervous Cholicks and AflhmcC s; and at laft, a a total or partial Obftruftion of the LaCteals, and thence Leannefs, Wafling and Heath« 2. From the State of the Juices, and the Glew¬ inefs of the Fluids, there will enfue a Circu¬ lation only, through the greater Arteries, and Veins, and their lateral Branches, whereby the Extremities will be render'd cold and chilly, a Senfation, like that of cold Water fprinkled over the Body, will be often felt, drilling along its Surface; fleeting and uncon- (iant Pains in the Limbs, like that of a cold Rheumatifm, through Crudities and Obftrufti- ons in the fmall Vellels ; and windy Tumours^