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  • A decrepit man screaming in pain from gout, rheumatism and catarrh; represented as three tormenting devils. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A veteran of Hotel des Invalides resists gout on account of his formidable alcohol consumption. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by D.T. de Losques, 1910.
  • Electricpatent sock : an absolute and positive remedy for chilblains & cold feet : for gout, sciatica & rheumatism : never wear out / the Pall Mall Electric Association.
  • A treatise of the gout / Written originally in the French tongue [by T. de Mayerne] ; Englished ... by Thomas Sherley ... ; Whereunto is added, advice about hypochondriacal-fits.
  • Bile Beans for biliousness : cure indigestion, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, piles and female ailments ...influenza, liver chill, colds, rheumatism, sciatica, gout and all liver troubles / The Bile Bean Manufacturing Co.
  • Bile Beans for biliousness : cure indigestion, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, piles and female ailments ...influenza, liver chill, colds, rheumatism, sciatica, gout and all liver troubles / The Bile Bean Manufacturing Co.
  • Bile Beans for biliousness : cure indigestion, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, piles and female ailments ...influenza, liver chill, colds, rheumatism, sciatica, gout and all liver troubles / The Bile Bean Manufacturing Co.
  • Bile Beans for biliousness : cure indigestion, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, piles and female ailments ...influenza, liver chill, colds, rheumatism, sciatica, gout and all liver troubles / The Bile Bean Manufacturing Co.
  • The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
  • The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
  • People and carriages converging on Buckingham House - being met by a fire-breathing monster; representing the King's cancellation of the 'Drawing Room' because of contracting gout. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
  • A treatise on the gout; wherein the inefficacy of the modes generally used to cure that dreadful disorder is demonstrated; the practicability of a speedy and radical cure asserted, and supported / [Abraham Buzaglo].
  • A treatise on dissolvents of the stone; and on curing the stone and gout by aliment ... To which are added, directions of diet proper for persons afflicted with colds, fevers, etc / [Theophilus Lobb].
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • For use in a salt free diet : Ruthmol, the chloride-free table salt : indications: cardiac disease with decompensation, renal affections, hypertension, slow healing wounds, tuberculosis, gout, obesity, allergic phenomena, eczema (idiopathic) / The Antigen Laboratories.
  • All who suffer from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, torpid liver, indigestion ... or any form of disease or weakness should avoid poisonous drugs, quack medicines ... and try the marvellous curative efficacity of Mr. C.B. Harness' world-famed bona-fide "Electropathic" belt / the Electropathic & Zander Institute.
  • All who suffer from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, torpid liver, indigestion ... or any form of disease or weakness should avoid poisonous drugs, quack medicines ... and try the marvellous curative efficacity of Mr. C.B. Harness' world-famed bona-fide "Electropathic" belt / the Electropathic & Zander Institute.
  • To all such as are used (or hereafter may have occasion) to take Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops ... : for curing, and immediately giving relief in all fevers, agues, rheumatism, gout, stone, gravel, asthmas, colds, coughs, and pains in the breast, limbs, and joints ... / B. Okell, W. and Cluer Dicey.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Rosmarinus officinalis L. Lamiaceae Rosemary. Woody perennial. Distribution: Mediterranean. Quincy (1718) commended the flowers for epilepsy, apoplexy, palsies, uterine obstruction, jaundice, gout, and syringed into the ear with warm water for dislodging wax. It is licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Colchicum autumnale L., Colchicaceae. Autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked ladies. Distribution: Europe. Extremely toxic, containing colchicine which is effective in small doses in treating gout. It inhibits mitosis so is of interest in cancer treatment. It is used to treat Familial Mediterranean fever. It induces polyploidy in plant protocorms for the production of tetraploid forms which have bigger flowers and seeds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Two treatises, the one medical, of the gout, and its nature more narrowly search'd into than hitherto; together with a new way of discharging the same / ... By Herman Busschof Senior ... The other partly chirurgical, partly medical; containing some observations and practices relating both to some extraordinary cases of women in travel; and to some other uncommon cases of diseases in both sexes. By Henry van Roonhuyse ... Englished out of Dutch. By a careful hand.