A treatise upon the rheumatism, with observations upon some causes that may produce it / [John Cheshire].

  • John Cheshire
Date:
1723
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise upon the rheumatism, with observations upon some causes that may produce it / [John Cheshire]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■ [ >4] fe<5t of the Gout, and fometimes hap¬ pens from a fevere and longcontinu- ed Rheumatifm, as I oblerved in a Gentlewoman, my Patient, who had a regular ‘Tophus taken out of her Thumb, caufed by a violent and long Rheumatifm, that had afflicted her for fome Years: I was importunate in ex¬ amining, whether {he or any of her Family had been fubjeit to what is very juftly called the opprobrium Me¬ dic or urn, but could not learn that {he, or any Branch of the Family, had ever fuffered by the uncontroulable Ty¬ ranny of the Gout. On the other hand, when theAttra&ion is ftrong- er betwixt the Acid, than betwixt the falme and acid Particles, the red Parts of the Blood will be condens’d, and the ferous Parts more liquified , becaufe as the Coagulum encreafeth, in the fame Proportion will the Se¬ rum be more copious •, and this feems to 1
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