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 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:
- 1722
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 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.
56/164 page 34
![[ aa ina Morning fafting. But to thofe to whotit its Mawkifhnefs is naufeous, I wou’d recom: mend this Form. Take Gentian and Zedoary of each a ‘Dram, Serpentary Root, and un- fcented Species of Diambra, of each half a Dram; Cochineal and Saffron of each a Scruple, — Orange Peel: az Ounce ; infufe iz a Quart of Mountain, in a warm Place, twenty four Hours, fivain, and to the Liquor add three Ounces of the bef? Rhubarb; Salt of Wormwood 2 Dram and an half; fetin a warm Sand, heat twelve Hours; and then firain a fecond time. Of this four Spoonfuls every Night, or, every other Night, as occafion requir’d, I have found an excellent Remedy in this and other Chronical Cafes. Where no Preparations of — Rhubarb willagree with the Conftitution, as Guajac, or the Scotch Pills, might,take place ; but that-all the Preparations of e4/oes are apt tothrow out both Goat and Piles. However. in this matter there is great Variety; out of which every one may fitthemfelves with what is moft agrecable to their own Conftitution; which if they ufe regularly and frequently, they cannot fail to prevent violent Fits of the — Gout, and perhaps moft other, both Acute and Chronical Diftempers. é XXXI. Scho]. Thave known fome eminent bam’s](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546412_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
