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GOUT.
ences, by a retired army surgeon of Paris, as possess-
ing extraordinary curative properties in the above pain-
ful affection.
Dr. Poggioli, the discoverer, states that in seventeen
cases of rheumatism, the complaint yielded immediately
on the application of this new remedy.
Recipe.--A salt of morphia (hydrachloratis,) distilled
water, extract of belladonna (atzopine,) ointment, made
of the buds of the poplar tree, leaves of black poppy,
belladonna, hen-bane and nightshade; animal fat, mac-
erated in datura leaves, q. s. The composition to be
scented with essence of lemon or cherry laurel water.
In many instances mentioned by the discoverer, one
rubbing was sufficient, with the application of linseed
poultices afterwards, to effect a perfect cure; it may,
however, be sometimes expedient to apply it for a week
at the utmost. The proportional quantities of pre-
scription must be regulated according to the constitu-
tion of the patient, as well as the nature and extent of
the malady. The inventor, in his account to the aca-
demy, states it to be the result of several years labor
and experience.
GOUT.
Gout is a disease resembling, in many particulars,
rheumatism; and there is no disease which shows the
imperfection of medicine more, and yet none that teaches
the advantages of temperance and exercise in a greater
light, than the gout.
Indolence and intemperance, in a large number of
cases, are evidently the principal causes of this disease;
yet there are other things which greatly contribute, in
many instances, to induce a paroxysm; for instance,200
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/200/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.