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

  • Cadogan, William, 1711-1797.
Date:
1771
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Credit: A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes / By William Cadogen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tipofi ourfelves by our own indulgences, e%- ceffes, or miftaken habits of life ; or by fufFer- ing our ill-condudled paflions to lead us aftray or dlfturb our peace of mind. Whatever no¬ tions men have been taught or have received of other caufes, fuch as accidental colds, or particularities of conftitution, this or that thing difagreeing or furfeiting, &c. thefe are too tri¬ fling to produce difeafes that commonly lafl; for life: there mufl befomething more fubftantialy fomething more conftant and permanent in our daily habits, to produce fuch inveterate evils. Though if you read authors or confult practitioners, what do you find, but that you have taken cold, though you know not how, or that your complaints are gouty^ rheumatic, bilious, nervous, &c. ? Avords that fatisfy, though they give no kind of idea, and feeni to have gained credit and affent only by the politenefs of phyficians, who, while they are ' taking their patients money, are too well bred to tell them difagreeable truths, and that it is by their own faults they are ill. To enq.uire a little further into this matter may be well- worth our trouble 5 the taflv feems to have been left for me, and I will perform it mdft fincerely^ I have