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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    [ ] and the Spirits enliven’d, mod of the gouty Symptoms will fly of themfelves. On the other Hand, fhould a Perfon, fuffering under an humorous Gout, where the Syftem of the Nerves are ftifr, and ftretch’d, ule the Bark, and fueh other Remedies, as are recommend¬ ed in a relax’d State of the Nerves, he muft enrage his Gcut, feeing gentle Evacuations^ and loft Emollients are there indicated. Laft- ly, in the Ufe of Sulphur, fhould the Body be render’d too glib and flippery, it ought to be di fus’d for fome Time; and light Bitters, or Rhubarb taken in its ftead. Add to thefe, that the Doles of all fuch Remedies ought fo to be accommodated to the Conftitution, as never to fink the fpirits, or weaken the Strength, but rather to increafe both, which they will always do, in a proper Dole. With¬ out fuch Cautions duly weighed, and accu¬ rately apply’d, no general Directions will uni- verfally iucceed in the Gout, or any other chronical Diftemper. LXXVII. For a concluding Obfervation, we fliali take notice, as it is only the Rich, the Lazy, the Voluptuous, who fuller moft by the Gout: (I mean acquir’d Gouts^ and thofe hereditary ones enrag’d by Luxury) fo thofe only, who have fpent their Life-time under its Tortures beftcan tell, what aftonifli- ing Miieries Wealth and Vice bring upon hu¬ man Kind! When thegouty Humour has feiz’d upon