Gout, and its relations to diseases of the liver and kidneys / by Robson Roose.

  • Roose, Robson, 1848-1905.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Gout, and its relations to diseases of the liver and kidneys / by Robson Roose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES. denly disappears, but is soon followed by atony of the stomach, or of some other internal part. In wander- ing gout, there is inflammation of some internal part, sometimes preceded by inflammation of the joints, which quickly disappears. Cullen adds to these de- scriptions the significant remark that gout is sometimes accompanied by other diseases. This old nomen- clature is really based on clinical observation, and does not involve any theory as to the nature of the disease. Cullen's opinion on this point, however, was that gout is an affection of the nervous system. Whatever form the attacks of gout may assume, other symptoms are pretty certain to become de- veloped during the course of the disorder, and especially in the intervals between the attacks: of these, hepatic derangements, dyspepsia, and gravel are by far the most common. If, moreover, careful inquiry be made into the history of a case of acute gout, we almost always find that the attack has been preceded by more or less distinct symptoms of disorder of the liver or stomach, or of both of these organs; and this fact is of importance as regards the etiology of the disease. There is another well-marked characteristic of gout, viz., that in most cases the attacks become more frequent year by year, without