William Cadogan [His essay on gout] / by John Ruhräh.

  • Cadogan, William, 1711-1797.
Date:
1925
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: William Cadogan [His essay on gout] / by John Ruhräh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prefer the satisfaction of making one invalid a healthy man, to the wealth of Radcliff or the vogue of Ward. Rut there is an evil spirit of quackery gone forth, that has possessed all orders of men among us. I would lay it, if I could, together with every demon of supersti¬ tion and error, and restore the world to Truth and Nature. To which the author of a “Candid Enquiry” replies: For the rational attempt, unrevealed and untried before, is perfectly accomplished by Dr. Cadogan. Burn the books of Hippocrates, Galen, Celsus, Sydenham, Musgrave, Boer- haave, Hoffman, and all other rubbish of Greek, Latin, Arabic and modern physicians. And then, let every regular, semiregular and irregular practitioner, whether he be mounted in a chariot, on a stage or walk on foot; whether he advertise his medicines or himself, be hanged. Yes, my good readers, hang Wintringham, hang Heberden, hang Adington; but for honest Will. Cadogan, real Will. Cadogan, liberal Will. Cadogan, rational Will. Cadogan, and therefore the more rational, being as he is, new Will. I O P