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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    f 7° ] Biforder, if Remedies be neceffary, Nature will as fafely admit them, as Hunger will iafeiy admit of Food. I very well know, that Remedies in chronical Diftempers mull be chang’d, when they become familiar, and have no EfteCt: As the fame kind of Food ought to be changed, when it becomes nau~ feous, and difguftfuL But then this belongs not to the Queftion propoied^ which fuppo- fes the Waters have not abated of their firft Benefit and Relief, but rather increafe in them, and do better. And on this Suppofi- tion, there can be no doubt, that they may be fafely continued till a perfeCt Cure is ob¬ tained, or they fail in their Relief Some have drunk them feveral Years with Advantage, and many cannot live, and be well without them : As is evident from the conftant Ref- ding of feveral Families here for their Ufe. Wliilft the original Diforder lafts in any De¬ gree, and the Waters continue to relieve it, they may be ufed ; but in all Cafes, and E- vents, it is fafeft, and beft to let Well alone. XLIX. It has been alledg’d, that the Bath Waters drunk too long, difpofes People to Fe¬ vers, and inflammatory Diftempers, by over enriching, heating, and exalting the Blood. But this Gbjedtion lies equally againft all gene¬ rous Foods, and enlivening Medicines. And indeed Temperance, and Moderation in every Thing necelfary for the Support of Life, is