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the fociety to make remarks on his pa- 

 per ; becaufe feveral objedions may not 

 occur to me, that would prefenc them- 

 felves to one of a different way of think- 

 ing. 



In confii*mation of what the Dodlor 

 has faid of the gout being a more fre- 

 quent diftemper among young perfons 

 than commonly is imagined, it may be 

 proper to mention, I had for my patient, 

 in November la ft, a girl of feventeen, 

 of a delicate make, who, at that time, 

 had a regular, and very fmart fit of 

 the gout in one of her great toes, and in 

 one of her knees. In march laft, flie had 

 a return of the fame difeafe, although not 

 fo highly marked but it might have been 

 taken for a rheumatifm. Her wrifts were 

 only fwelled ; but, before this happened, 

 her flomach and breathing had been 

 greatly affeded. 



Besides the more common fymptoms 

 occafioned by an irregular gout, I have 

 met with the following ; viz. a diabetes, 

 «r an uncommon flux of pale urine conti- 

 nuing 



