A treatise on gout, apoplexy, paralysis, and disorders of the nervous system / by A. Rennie.

  • Rennie, A. (Alexander)
Date:
1828
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Credit: A treatise on gout, apoplexy, paralysis, and disorders of the nervous system / by A. Rennie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sex of the invalid, the soundness or impaired state of the different organs, the degree of the pre-existing disposition, and other peculiarities depending on the babils of living pursued and the nature of the exciting causes. 2. Tlie Local Disorder, or Gouty Action. Always secondary, depending on the pre-existing derange- ment of the functions; sometimes occurring externally in the limbs, when it usually fixes in the joints; occurritig also internally, when it may affect any one tissue or textnre of the body, but most usually attacking some of the impor- tant vital organs. I. Externally: subdivided into, (1.) Acute fixed gout. (2.) Chronic and fixed gout. (3.) Erratic or wandering gout, when the morbid action is liable to shift its seat from slight causes. II. Internally. (1.) Misplaced or undeveloped gout, when the local morbid action depending on the primary constitutional dis- order, attacks some internal organ or part before it has appeared externally. 2.) Retrocedent or repelled gout, when the local mor- bid action depending on the primary constitutional de- rangement, after fixing on an external part or joint, sud- denly subsides there and attacks some of the internal or- gans. The organ or part thus attacked forms a most impor- tant ground of distinction into varieties practically viewed. 3. Secondary Constitutional Irritation. A consequence of the local disease. Such is the arrangement observed in the following trea- tise; and we now proceed with the first subject of iuquiry.