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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![[ *9 ] Patient has-been many Days without Reft, and the Pain becomes intolerable, all other Means failings or equally dangerous, Ofiiats may be fo qualify'd, and their mischievous Effeds fo bridl'd, by joining fpicy, nervous and Sto¬ mach Medicines to them, that they may be¬ come an excellent Remedy, Thus liquid Laudanum, with Tindure of Caft or, of Snake¬ weed, of Diambra, of Saffron, Sal Volatile, Compound Spirit of Lavender, Hyfterick Water, and lome agreeable Simple Waters fome of thefe mix'd in a due Proportion, and proper Dole, will not only procure Reft, and cafe Tain, but anfwer all the other Intentions in the Cure of a Fit of the Gout. Thus alfo London Laudanum, with old Venice Treacle, or Mythridatey Serpentary Root, and unfeen- ted Species of Diambra, made into a Bolus, with any agreeable Syrup, and caution'd, as before, will produce the fame Effed. XXVII. As foon as the Pain is almoft gone, and the Swelling and Weaknefs only remain, nothing will more quicken and finifh the Cure, and ftrengthen the weaken'd Parts, than gen¬ tle, warm, ftomachic and fpicy Purgers, dos'd and repeated according to the Strength of the Patient 3 by carrying out of the Habit, the more grofs and unperfpirable Remains of the Gouty Humour. This premis'd, efpccially after long and fevere Fits, which have im¬ pair'd the Strength, and wafted the Mufcular • , - • Fldh \](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546448_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
