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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    over again, attacks of gout, though water only was partaken of. So I conclude that food and stimulantsse are not necessarily the cause of gouty attacks. The thing presents itself to my mind thus:—Just as in the case of a smoky chimney almost any kind of fuel will fill the room with smoke, so in gout almost any kind of food will produce gout; but the real fault lies, not in the fuel, but in the chimney; not in the food, but in the organism. I call these cases of gout Exhaustion Gout, and certainly they need stimulants. I have reason to believe that Sir James Paget holds a view some- thing like this, though he may