Volume 1

A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes / By William Cadogan.

  • Cadogan, William, 1711-1797.
Date:
1771
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes / By William Cadogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have faid here, or in the brochure itfelf, that I mean to impeach the pradtice of phyfic in ge¬ neral ; I fay, that it is not my intention. I would decry all quacks, from iEfculapius to the prefent, either as ignorant fools, or felf- convidted impoftors, advertifing daily lies, whether mounted on ftages, or riding in cha¬ riots. But the art of phyfic fairly and honeftly pradtifed I honour as the firfl: of profeflions, comprehending the moil ufeful, the moil: ex- tenfive and univerfal knowledge of nature. I think a real Phyfician the mod liberal of characters upon earth ; by which I do not mean every Doctor that goes about taking guineas, but him who will neither flatter the great nor deceive the ignorant, and who would prefer the fatisfadlion of making one invalid a healthy man, to the wealth of Radcliff or the vogue of Ward* But there is an evil fpirit of quackery gone forth, that has poflefled all orders of men among ns. I would lay it, if I could, together with every demon of fuper- flition and error, and refiore the world to Truth and Nature.