The nature, cause and symptoms of the gout: as stated by Dr. Sydenham, Cheyne, etc. from which is rationally deduced its direct and perfect cure / Gilbert Nelson.
- Nelson, Gilbert
- Date:
- [1727]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The nature, cause and symptoms of the gout: as stated by Dr. Sydenham, Cheyne, etc. from which is rationally deduced its direct and perfect cure / Gilbert Nelson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![one i C »9 ] then about two or three of the Clock infececi- the Morning the Sick has fudden Eafe^Nighti, compofes himfelf to falls into afffff breathing Sweat, and for that Time the ‘fff Fit ceafes. fo™?- J times a nother. If the Gouty Matter is copious, and does not wholly Settle, or Perfpire, or if the Tart does not give way enough by Swel- ing, the fame Scene is ailed over again the following Night, and perhaps two or three Days after, but will be over about the time of Cock-crowing 5 it Jeldom has above two or three Efforts at the fame Tlace. In a few Days the other Foot will be in Tain, as the former was, and fometimes on the firfl: Days of the Difeafe when the Peccant Matter is fo exuberant, that one Foot is not able to contain it, it afftcls both together; after it has Vexed the Feet, the Fits are irregular, both as to the Time of their coming on, and Du¬ ration ; yet the Pain always returns in the Evening} and is not fo great in the Morn- ing.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30776417_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
