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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![[ $2 ] ' W^*C^ produce the Gout, the Dr. lays nUcb down two direct Methods. The Firft ptbe cLt- is, by a total Jbftinence from, or a great Jbflemioufnefs in Fief, Fifh, and flrong Liquors which introduce thofe Salts into Human Fluids. But the Inconveniencies attending fuch a Courfe, are, Firft, Becaufe an entire Vegetable Diet weak? ens all the Digejlive Towers, and all the Functions of Life j impoVerifhes the whole Mafs . of Fluids, impairs the Strength and difpirits the Man. Secondly, Be¬ caufe this Diet once entered upon, is never after to be changed under the Danger of fudden Death, or the mod Violent enraging of all the Symptoms. The other way of banifhing the Salts out of the Habit, is by Evacuations, by Exercife, and gentle Stomachick. Turgers in the Intervals of the Fits j and by a gentle and flow Terfpiration in the Fits. fif™t*7f ^ie Secon^ary Methods by which He felieving propofes to relieve the Gout, are, Firft, tbe Gout' Dilution](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30776417_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
