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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    [lid] vented by frequent, warm, gentle Purgers. It Is for the fame Reafon, that gentle Vomits of the Indian Root; the Jefuits Bark; and a low Diet, that gives the beft Perfpiration, and begets theleaft of that acid Flatulency, which ferments into thofe pulmonick Convuijions : fucceed beft in the nervous Afthma ; as the Syrup made of the exprefsM Juice of Millepe¬ des^ or Hoglice drown’d in white Wine, and giv n by Spoonfuls, will infallibly cure Chil¬ dren’s Con vul five or Chin-coughs; and as the Squill Vomits, Oils, and attenuating Medi¬ cines, fuch as the volatile Salts, and Plants (Garlic efpeciaily ) do in the Humorous. LXX. Having had frequent occasion to mention the Bark, as being abfolutely neceft fary to the Subject i treat ; it may not be a- mils to remove one Objection againftit; and the only one I have ever heard or read made with any Shew of Reafon. I have taken as much of it my fell, and as often, and have prefcrib’d it as freely as any of my Age, I be- lieve; and never obferv’d it, either in my felf or others, do any Hurt, except when it has been injudicioully and improperly prefcrib’d, and that in continu’d acute Cafes only. The Objection is, that it often leaves behind it a bad Habit, a fcorbutick, cacheBic, or heBtic Conftitution; bad Lungs^ Liverj or Stomach; or fome of the great Vijcera fpoiPd or corrupt¬ ed. But the Miftake in this Objection lies here,