An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout together with an account of the nature and quality of Bath waters, the manner of using them and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne].
- George Cheyne
- Date:
- 1723
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout together with an account of the nature and quality of Bath waters, the manner of using them and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![' [ ‘W ] and the Spirits enliven’d, mod of the Gouty Symptoms will fly of themfelvcs. On the other Hand, fhould a Perfon, fuffering under an Humorous Gout, where the Syftem of the Nerves are ft iff, and ftretch’d, ufe the Bark, and fuch other Remedies, as are recommend¬ ed in a relax’d State of the Nerves, he muft enrage his Gout, feeing gentle Evacuations, and foft Emollients are there indicated. Laft- ly, in the Ufe of Sulphur, fhould the Body be render’d too glib and Jlippery, it ought to be difus’d for feme time 5 and light Bitters> or Rhubarb taken in its ftead. Add to thefe, that the Dofes of all fuch Remedies ought fo to be accommodated to the Conftitution, as never to fink the Spirits, or weaken the Strength, but rather to increafe both, which they will always do, in a proper Dofe. With¬ out fiich Cautions duly weigh’d, and accu¬ rately apply’d, no general Directions will uni- verfally fucceed in the Gouty or any other Chronical Hiftemper. LXXVIL Fora concluding Obfcrvation, we fhall take notice, as it is only the Rich, the Lazy, the Voluptuousy who fuffer molt by the Gout : (I mean acquir'd Gouts, and thofe hereditary ones enrag’d by Luxury) fo thofe only, who have fpent their Life-time under its Tortures beft can tell, what aftoniftiing Miferies Wealth and Vice bring upon Human Kind! When the Gouty Humour has feiz’d ~ . upon](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546448_0152.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
