Differentiation in rheumatic disease (so-called) based on communications read before the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Association 1892, Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May 1890 and reprinted from The Lancet, October, 1891 / by Hugh Lane.
- Lane, Hugh.
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Differentiation in rheumatic disease (so-called) based on communications read before the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Association 1892, Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Association 14th May 1890 and reprinted from The Lancet, October, 1891 / by Hugh Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![carrying off their baneful effects by suitable ofathietes. exercise- T]ie athlete in these days does not starve himself to bring his weight down; he feeds himself, perhaps more than when not training, but takes care that what is superfluous shall be converted into good substantial matter, viz., muscle. So with gout; the gouty man has failed to put in motion that machinery which is necessary for converting the results of the “pleasures of the table ” into wholesome and healthy material. TREATMENT OF RETROCEDENT GOUT. The treatment of retrocedent gout is that of counter-irritation to the extremities, with sedatives internally—opium and ol. terebinth, seem the most reliable. It appears as though the disease were drawn away from its new position by the treatment, bearing out the justification of the term “retrocedent.” TREATMENT OF CHRONIC GOUT. In chronic gout great attention must](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28148095_0128.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
