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.

One of a series of leaflets (traditional remedies and superstitions) issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Zyloric, used to treat gout and high uric acid levels in the body. Showing a woman tending to a man in bed, treating his foot with bandages infused with rosemary.