Gout : its pathology, forms, diagnosis and treatment / Originally founded on the Goulstonian lectures on "The chemistry and pathology of gout," delivered by the author before the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1897.

  • Luff, Arthur P. (Arthur Pearson), 1855-1938.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Gout : its pathology, forms, diagnosis and treatment / Originally founded on the Goulstonian lectures on "The chemistry and pathology of gout," delivered by the author before the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1897. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTBR V. THE GOUTY DEPOSIT. PAGE Formation of th.e gouty deposit—Conditions influencing tlie deposition of sodium biurate—Determining cause of the gouty deposit— The lymph circulation—Seats of uratic deposits in gout— Anatomical seat of the deposit in cartilages . . . '85 PART IL AETIOLOGY AND VARIETIES OF GOUT—DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS. CHAPTER VI. ^TIOI,OGY AND CI,INICA]; FEATURES. J^tiology of gout—Heredity—Immediate exciting cause—The _ clinical features of acute gout—The clinical features of chronic gout—The kidneys in chronic gout . . . . . .101 CHAPTER VII. THE UPONE AND UiaC ACID. The urine in gout—Uric acid excretion—Uric acid and lorea elimin- ation—The amorphous urate deposit—Estimation of uric acid —Gowland-Hopkins method—Otto Folin method—Methods of Dimmock and Branson—Plumbism and gout . . ,112 CHAPTER VIII. IRREGUI,AR GOUT. Irregular gout affectmg the alimentary tract—Irregular gout affect- ing the air-passages and lungs—Irregular gout affecting the heart and vessels—Irregular gout affecting the nervous system —Irregular gout affecting the geni to-urinary system—Irregular gout affecting the skin—Irregular gout affecting the eye and ear—Other irregular gout affections—Retrocedent or metastatic gout 130 CHAPTER IX. DIFPERENTIAI, DIAGNOSIS. The differential diagnosis of chronic diseases of the joints—Forms of rheumatoid arthritis—Distinction of gout from rheumatoid arthritis—Distinction of gout from rheumatism—Distinction of gout from various diseases of the joints—Prognosis in gout 147