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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![[ 3» ] PROPOSITION. The Reafon why two Perfons in all Circumflances alike, (as born of the fame Parents, healthy, of the fame Stature, Complexion, Diet, Air, Exercife: See.) One fliould be af¬ flicted with the Gout, the other be ab- folutely free from it, is, That the Ca¬ pillary (Jmallefl) Velfels of the Gouty Perfon muft be in their Original and Natural Conformation narrower and more fliff than in thofe of the other, who is free from the Gout, in refpeCt of their common Stature and Size. For thereby the Crude and Grojs Hu¬ mors, which are confined, or pafs with tpain in the Gouty Perfon, will flee ea» fily off by Perforation, and the other drains off the Body in the Perfon free from the Gout. He confirms this Propofition by ob- ferving, That the Gout feldom feizes upon People ’till towards the begin¬ ning of the Decline of Life * when the * tonr Solids have attained their utmojl Di-^* menfions.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30776417_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
