An essay on the nature and causes of the gout. With a few conjectures on the probability of its cure / By Marmaduke Berdoe, M.D.

  • Berdoe, Marmaduke, 1743?-
Date:
1772
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Credit: An essay on the nature and causes of the gout. With a few conjectures on the probability of its cure / By Marmaduke Berdoe, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the various circumvolutions which favor the union of the inteftines with the different vif- cera of the abdomen.—This connexion de~ pends on the cellulary-membrane and the nerves, which unite every part together, and make the whole to correfpond ; hence arifes that general, conftant and univerfal fympathy between every part of the body. If, we excite the a&ion of the inteftines in t f a fevere manner, we put every vifcera of the abdomen into motion, for the feveral a&ions of the inteftines communicate again to the different organs which is neareft to them.— It is for fuch reafon, perhaps, that certain naufeas, faintings, and bitternefs of the mouth, only indicate a neceflity for aliment, becaufe it is abfolutely neceffary to keep up the fpring of aftion in the flomach and inteftines by a due quantity of food, or elfe we fall into an error, equally as pernicious as its excefs.—Hippocrates obferved, that too fe¬ vere a diet was a great error, if not' often¬ times dangerous.—Tenuis 6? exquifitus, victus, in