Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with drugs. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten Son became man, and thereby ennobled the nature that… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
We are overwhelmed as it is, with an infinite abundance of vaunted medicaments, and here they add another one. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
This is all very fine, but it won't do-Anatomy-botany-Nonsense! Sir, I know an old woman in Covent Garden, who understands botany better, and as… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
Acute [diseases] meaning those of which God is the author, chronic meaning those that originate in ourselves. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
As no man can say who it was that first invented the use of clothes and houses against the inclemency of the weather, so… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share
