Observations, with cases illustrative of a new, simple, and expeditious mode, of curing gout / By William Balfour.

  • Balfour, William, 1780-
Date:
1816
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Credit: Observations, with cases illustrative of a new, simple, and expeditious mode, of curing gout / By William Balfour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tux following Observations and Cases were published in the EptnpurcH Mepicaut and SurGicaL JouRNAL, Ast October 1816. But I have thought proper to reprint them, as an appropriate and interesting Appendix to my Work on Rugumatism and Sprains—the mode of cure, wn all three diseases, being the same. OBSERVATIONS ON G*°O Dt, Ix my Observations, with cases illustrative of a new, simple, and expeditious mode of curing Rheumatism and Sprains, there is the following: . © Note VIII.—Whether there was a mixture of Gout in this gentleman’s case, or not, it is impossible with absolute certainty to ascertain. He denied that eyer any thing of the kind was known in his family; and yet the painful swelling of the joints. of some of the toes, strongly indicated something of this nature. I certainly gave it as my decided opinion, that there was no Gout present. But whether right or wrong in . so doing—one thing is certain, that the pain and swell-