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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    [ *9 ] Patient has been many Days without Reft, and the Pain becomes intolerable, all other Means failing, or equally dangerous, Opiats may by fo qualified^ and their mifchievous Effefts fo bridl’d by joining fpicy, nervous and Sto¬ mach Medicines to them^ that they may be¬ come an excellent Remedy. Thus liquid Lau¬ danum ^ with Tinftor of Cafiorof Snake¬ weed, of Diamhraj of Saffron Sal Volatile compound Spirit of Lavender, hyfterick Water, and iome agreeable Ample Water ; fome of thefe mix’d in a due Proportion, and proper Dofe, will not only procure Reft, and eafe Pain, but anfwer all the other Intentions in the Cure of a Fit of the Gout. Thus alfo London Laudanum, with old Venice Treacle, or Mythridatej ferpentary Root, and unden¬ ted Species of Diambra^ made into a Bolus3 with any agreeable Syrup,, and cautioned, as before, will produce the fame Effeft. XXVII. As foon as the Pain is almoft gone, and the Swelling and Weaknefs only remain, nothing will more quicken and finifh the Cure, and ftrengthen the weaken’d Parts, than gen¬ tle warm, ftomachic and fpicy Purgers, dos’d and repeated according to the Strength of the Patient ; by carrying out of the Habit, the more grofs and unperfpirable Remains of the gouty Humour. This premis’d, efpecially after long and fevere Fits, which have im¬ paired the Strength, and wafted the mufcular