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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![[ 3* ] Thing , as if the Quantity carry’d out , had not been taken down. Now if a Medicine can be found, that without weakening the Stomach and Bowels, fhall carry off the greater part of the Food, before it is quite rob’d of its Salts, it can’t fail to be of creat Ufe in the Intervals of the Gout. For this purpofe, I wou’d recommend fine Rhubarb, taken re¬ gularly once, twice, or oftner, a Week, in fuch a Dole, as to procure two or three Motions: For thefe Reafons, Firfi, Becauie it is an ex¬ cellent Stomach Bitter, as is evident from its Tafte, and from the fiiarp Appetite it gives thofe that take it frequently. Secondly, Becauie It is one of the nobleft Aftringents hitherto known, as is evident from its Cure of Fluxes, and inteftine Hemorrhages ; and from the Tightnefs it leaves on the Bowels. Thirdly. Becauie it requies neither Diet, nor keeping warm, nor any other particular Management; and yef taken frequently and regularly, it will carry off any Proportion of the Food One plcafes 5 and fo reduce the Diet, as near as needs be, to CornardSj which, in Article XIII, has been fhewn, to be of fo excellent Ufe in the Gout. I knew a Noble Lord, of great Worth, and much Gout, who, by taking from the Hands of a Quack, a Dram of Rhubarb, ting’d with Cochineal to difguife it, every Morning for the Space of fix Weeks, liv’d in Flealth for four Years after, without any Symptom of it. XXIX.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30546448_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
