Gout, with a section on ocular disease in the gouty
CHAPTER I
HISTORICAL AND INTRODUCTORY
The Antiquity of Gout. Prevalence of Gout in the Anglo-Saxon Period. Views of the Humoralist. The Aphorisms of Hippocrates. Introduction of the Word Gout. Early Views as to the Nature of Tophi. The “Honour of the Gout.” That Gout confers Immunity from other Disorders. Growing Infrequency and Attenuation of Gout _pp._ 1-13