A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes; what those causes are; and a rational and natural method of cure proposed. Addressed to all invalids. The second edition.

(GOUT) CADOGAN, William.

Edité par Printed for J. Dodsley. 1771, 1771

99, [1]p, half title. 8vo. Old stain pp24-25, some foxing to half title & final leaves. Expertly bound in recent quarter calf, raised & gilt banded spine, gilt label, marbled boards. ESTC T28054, the same year as the first edition. A sufferer from gout, Samuel Johnson remarked on Cadogan's treatise that ''Tis a good book in general, but a foolish one in particulars. 'Tis good in general, as recommending temperance and cheerfulness. 'Tis only Dr Cheyne's book told in a new way. And there should come out such a book every thirty years, dressed in the mode of the times. 'Tis foolish, as it says, the gout is not hereditary, and one fit of the gout when gone is like a fever when gone'. This was recorded by Boswell on 14th September 1773, during their trip to the Hebrides, and Johnson also met Cadogan at Warley Camp in the summer of 1778. Complaining of ill health: Cadogan asked him, 'what plan he followed with a view of better health - he answered very impatiently 'I pursue no plan!'. Dr Cadogan then said 'surely it is eligible for you to consider of any Regimen or plan that might have a chance for restor'd health'. He may have followed some of Cadogan's recommendations; the physician was also treating his close friend David Garrick, as well as Edward Gibbon, and the year before his death Johnson remarked that he had got the better of the complaint. It is said that David Garrick, after being so frightened by Cadogan's Dissertation on Gout, that he changed his lifestyle, but only for a week before returning to self-indulgence. N° de réf. du vendeur 91659

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Titre : A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic ...
Éditeur : Printed for J. Dodsley. 1771
Date d'édition : 1771
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Edition : Edition originale