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The management of the gout, by a physician from his own case. With the virtues of an English plant bardana, not regarded in the present practice; but safe and effectual in alleviating that disease / By George Crine, M.D. [i.e. Sir J. Hill].

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Date:
1758
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Credit: The management of the gout, by a physician from his own case. With the virtues of an English plant bardana, not regarded in the present practice; but safe and effectual in alleviating that disease / By George Crine, M.D. [i.e. Sir J. Hill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r t y r ' - I wear fhoes always fo large that the foot moves freely in them, for no¬ thing is more plain, than that fqueczing the parts hinders free circulation: and they are made of the foftcfl leather, lined throughout with flannel. '■45 ‘ • J ... I wear yarn {lockings next the {kin, and lye in them: and never walk of ride when the air is either cold, or By this means perfpiration is kept up conftantly and uniformly in my feet; and my hands, when I am in the air, being defended by woollen gloves, have fufficicntly the fame advantage. / 1 ' i ■ V j I* g V . * j f 2 Mine is a degree of gout, not of the moft extreme kind, but fuch as men in the middle ftage.of life ufually have. For many years I have been accuftomed to a jit in autamn, and another in fpring, and fometimes the autumn-fit has lafted thro’ the winter. Before I ufed the i regimen and medicine I am about to name.