Observations on the gout, and acute rheumatism : containing an account of a safe, speedy, and effectual remedy for those diseases addressed to arthritic and rheumatic invalids / by C. Wilson.

  • Wilson, C.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Observations on the gout, and acute rheumatism : containing an account of a safe, speedy, and effectual remedy for those diseases addressed to arthritic and rheumatic invalids / by C. Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and, if any slight mistake is committed, dele- terious; there can be little doubt that the public are moi’e likely to receive injury than benefit ffom a popillar treatise. Where, on the contrary, a disorder is easily distinguish- ed, and produces ills of too substantial a nature to leave room for the illusions of ima- gination ; where the remedy to be employed has been tried in a variety of cases, and found to be perfectly innocent; and where, espe- cially, the permanent cure of the patient must after all depend greatly on himself; it is clear that the advantages are all on the side of publication. It is on these principles that the present dissertation rests its claims to a serio'us and candid perusal. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GOUT. The name gout is derived from the french “ goutte,” a drop, and was given to this disorder because it was thought to be occa-
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