A Full and Plain Account of the Gout; from whence will be clearly seen, the folly, or the baseness, of all pretenders to the cure of it: In which every thing material by the best writers on that subject is taken notice of; and accompanied with some new and important instructions for its relief, which the Author's experience in the gout above thirty years hath induced him to impart. The second edition corrected. To which is added an index.. This item is unavailable.A Full and Plain Account of the Gout; from whence will be clearly seen, the folly, or the baseness, of all pretenders to the cure of it: In which every thing material by the best writers on that subject is taken notice of; and accompanied with some new and important instructions for its relief, which the Author's experience in the gout above thirty years hath induced him to impart. The second edition corrected. To which is added an index.

vi, 306pp. 8vo. Top corner of opening pp265-265 stained, some occasional minor foxing. Contemporary calf expertly rebacked retaining most of original, new red morocco label, gilt bands. ESTC N2633. The second edition of the author's final work, written from his own experience of the condition, from which he died shortly after publication. 'Ferdinando Warner had taken leave of the public as a writer, but with the desire of increasing 'the happiness of a vast number of fellow sufferers' he signed at Barnes on 20 Oct. 1767, the preface to a treatise entitled 'a full and plain account of the gout' (1768). His first touch of that disease was at the age of 17, and he had made observations on its ways for above 30 years. Many medical practitioners had been known to him. He was well acquainted with Mead, and he praised Sir John Hill as 'an ingenious man and an excellent botanist'. Sir Edward Hulse had described the gout as a disorder beyond his understanding; but Warner claimed that he could mitigate its attacks. Opium produced some relief. The Bath waters were very beneficial, and Warner often wished that he lived near them. He recommended the practice of early rising and of riding on horseback, in the summer for two or three hours both morning and evening, and in winter in the middle of the day.' Ref: Courtney. W.P. Eight Friends of the Great. 1910.…