Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright.

  • Wright, Alfred.
Date:
[1883?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    minds of most people that gout is the outcome of over indulgence in good living. Now, nothing is more erroneous: as a matter of fact I have known many persons frequently laid by the heels with this painful disorder who were the most care- ful of men; indeed, I convinced them that if they did not worry so much about what was proper to eat, drink, and avoid, they would not be nearly so hable to have it. A martyr to gout is also a martyr to rule, usually, while the enemy is in charge; but I fail to find that the sufferer who abstains from fairly good living gets well any the sooner than one who lives generously, provided that care is taken to ensure the complete digestion of the food, of whatever description it may be. All kinds of mineral waters have been recom- mended, and certain wines have been lauded, for their anti-podagric virtues, but if it be a fact that they possess the powers they are said to do, I defy any of them to exercise them to any advantage, unless the stomach is prepared to receive and to dispose of these remedies.