A treatise upon gout, in which the primitive cause of that disease and likewise of gravel is clearly ascertained; and an easy method recommended, by which both may be with certainty prevented, or radically cured.

Date:
1786
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Credit: A treatise upon gout, in which the primitive cause of that disease and likewise of gravel is clearly ascertained; and an easy method recommended, by which both may be with certainty prevented, or radically cured. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    [ *7* 3 niufl: be obviated, by the addition of a little alkali, which will caufe the earth to be precipitated in the form of a white powder. If fuffered to ftand, the earth will fubfide to the bottom, but this is not of fuch confequence ; for, by being feparated from the acid, it is rendered in- offenfive. The fofteft waters are in ge- neral the bell. Rain and river water are preferable to fpring water. When water impregnated with felenites is employed to drefs victuals, fome alkali fhould be punc- tually taken at rneal times. Such are the methods by which Gout and Gravel may be radically cured, or en- tirely prevented. If thefe rules are fol- lowed with attention and pei feverance, there cannot be a doubt ot their fuccefs. That