PHYSICAL AND LITER ARY.425 



Art. XIX. 



Ohfernjations on the Arthritis anomala, ivith 

 a Po'Jcript, relating chiefly to the ewe of 

 the regular Gout, by the late Davii^ 

 ^ Clerk, M D, tellonv of the Royal Col- 

 lege ofPhyfcianSf Edinburgh, 



ALTHOUGH the gout is known to be 

 a common difeafe, yet I am perfua- 

 ded, that it is much more common than 

 cither authors or praditioners generally 

 allow It is commonly reckoned a diftem- 

 per peculiar to the decline of life, and rare- 

 ly to be met with among thofe of young- 

 er years : But I am convinced, from my 

 own obfervation, that it is nearly as ge- 

 neral among people under the age of for- 

 ty J and that even the age of thirteen or 

 fourteen is not entirely exempt from it. 

 YpL. Ill, Hhh ^y 



