Gout and rheumatic gout : a new method of cure / by John W. Foakes.

  • Foakes, John Weston.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Gout and rheumatic gout : a new method of cure / by John W. Foakes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    He said lie was then sufPering from Rheumatic Gout in his knees and ankles, that he had little hope of ever being better, as he had been under treatment for many months with no permanent benefit, that it was now with the greatest diffi- culty he could walk, or even get up from his chair, and that the action of going downstairs was great pain to him. He gave me his old ])rescriptions, which he said had done him no good, and I believe he told me that two medical men had declared there w^as nothing for him but to bear his state, as he would not ever be iiYvy better. The prescriptions copied and translated are selected from a large number given in the three previous years by former medical attendants.* For three months before I saw him he took little or no medicine. He commenced my treat- ment on the 24th May; on the 2nd June he was much better, the stiffness in the knees * Jane 18, 1869. Take of—Calomel, Acetic Extract of Colclncum, Compound Extract of Colocynth, Extract of Belladonna. Mix and make into pills. ' 'ne to be taken eitlier every other night or twice a week.