Gout Books

Author: PECHEY, John
Title: A COLLECTION OF CHRONICAL DISEASES
Description: viz. The Colick: The Bilious Colick: Hysterick Diseases: The Gout: And the Bloody Urine from the Stone in the Kidnies. SOLE EDITION. London, Printed by J.R. and sold by Henry Bonwicke, 1692. pp. (viii), 152. Top of title page restored with loss of letter 'A' of the title. Browning/staining, mainly of the margins, and small marginal worm track affecting last 5 leaves. Recent half calf and marbled boards.
* Wing P1018; Krivatsky 8729. Following the success of his Collections of Acute Diseases, Pechey published this further selection, taken from the works of Sydenham (except for the first chapter which is from Rivière). It includes his classic description of gout, and of hysteria – see Hunter & Macalpine, 221-224. £325


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