An account of the remarkable effects of the Eau médicinale d'Husson in the gout / [Edwin Godden Jones].

  • Jones, Edwin Godden, 1778-1842.
Date:
1810
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Credit: An account of the remarkable effects of the Eau médicinale d'Husson in the gout / [Edwin Godden Jones]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wlien the paroxysm has been removed by larger doses, to complete tlic cure, and pre- vent the danger of a speedy relapse. It may be continued to be taken in this manner, every otlier night, for a week or longer, according to circumstances. Such small quantities, too, are useful wlienever increased irritability of the system, general uneasiness, and flying pains of the joints, seem to tlireaten the ap- proach of a paroxysm, which may be thus often warded off. The remedy does not, in these small quantities, occasion eitlier nausea or evacuations ; and acts in many gouty habits as a sedative, allaying irritation, and procuring sleep, when other medicines have failed. Of late I have seen several cases where considerable advantage has appeared to be derived from still smaller doses, taken regularly every day, fora considerable length of time. In this point of view also, its