Gout and its cure / by J. Compton Burnett.

  • Burnett, J. Compton (James Compton), 1840-1901.
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Credit: Gout and its cure / by J. Compton Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fees, I cannot be bothered with diet; bread and cheese, beer, and bread and milk, bacon and eggs, or bread and butter and eggs, are what I usually get at my patients' homes. The little doctor could give me no guiding rule as to the best diet in gout, viz., when to give plenty of port wine, or when to rely upon oranges and plenty of water. But from subsequent observation I have been able to arrive at the following conclusions, viz.:— I, People who have descended from ancestors long accustomed to the use of stimulants generation after generation, these need stimulants in their debilitating illnesses, and therefore in their attacks of gout.