Excerpt from 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 P R E F A C 13: With patience to that plan of life which alone can lead them to', and preferve them in, per manent health. With this view of engaging men's attention iotheir own happinefs, and undeceiving them in their vain arid groundlefs hopes of remedy, and diverting them from the delufions of art to the realitiesof nature, I have Ventured to publiih the fhllowing Differtation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.