XII. Ifthe Gout that was wont to keep its certain Periods ceafe and rerurnno

more, it proveth to be che Caufe of moft grievous and deadly Diteates, unlefs the matter be drawn forth by way of prevention, which 1s moft difficulc to be dane. For the matter that Nature was wont tochruft into the joynts, 1fby Reafon of the weaknes of Nature it can be now no longer expeHed, either it {ticketh abour the Bowels, and principal partss or elfe being tranimitted unto the Lungs, Inceftines, or other parts, it chere exciteth moft grievous Evils. ms
XIU. As for what concerns the very Paroxy{m ic felf, touching this H1ppocrate. writeth in his fixth Seté. and 49. Apborif. They tbat are troubled (faith he) mith the Difeafe of the Gout, thefe may in fourty daies be cured of their fits, by removing the in- flammation 5 provided that (as Galen adds in bis Comment.) The Phy fician fail no- ching in the Cure, and that the Patients be obedient unto his prefcriptions. For feeing that che Humorsin the Gout are difperfed by the Ligaments, Menibrans, and Nerves, and that chefe partsare morethick, and more cold then the flethy parts, ic is therefore no wonder at all, chatthéreis a longer time for the difcuflion of the Humor required in thefe parts, thenin the flefhy parts. Buc yet this Aphorifmis here only co be SAGER DBRA ATH laft and very ucmoft cerm ; feeing that experience ceftifiesh, chat many have been Cured of the Gout within fewer then fourty daies. for in fome the fits of the Gout are more moderate, and fhorcer, and fomay be made co ceafeina fhortertime: bucin others they are more fharp, aud of longer continuance; and therefore require the longer time. And fome there are char
refer theceufe unto the Humors; andthofecelusforatruth, thatthe Gout which proceedeth
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proceedeth from Choler is fhorter, bur that which is from Flepm of louper conti- nuance. Buc be info indeed, thacfomtimes the Blood, fomtimes Fleom, andfom.
times Choler may together and at once flow unto one and the fame Part 5 yee never- thelefs, that very Sale Humor whichis the next and moftimmediate caute of the
Gour is fomctimes thinner, (forhat ic may be the fooner and more eafily difcufled)
and fomtimes jt 1s more thick.. Unto which we may in the Second placéadd, the ftrengch or weaknefs of the pattaffected.. For.the {tronger the part is, chemore eafily doth it difcufs the Humor chat hath flown unto it 3 bucthe weaker it is more ilow it is in diflipatingthe faid‘\ Humor; and from hence it happen thofe which firft begin to be troubled with fits of che Gort’ have thefe firs fhorter ;
and in fuch as have been longer rroubled with: this Difeafe the Paroxy(ms are of
fo much the longer continuance, unlefs they have the grearer care of themfelves. fn: For the oftner any member is affli&ted with the Gout, the weaker ftil it groweth. Up bs
And thirdly, che dick perfons themfelves alfo do nor obferve one and the fame | courte of Diet 5 whereupon itis, that fuch of themas obferve an accurate and exact oa kind of Diet, thefe are more eafily freed; and fome of them do by the Errors of i their Diet much prolony unrethemfelves cheir Paroxy{ms, andyive the Caufe of a new fluxion.