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ed, by the result of our practical application of them, io 

 Simpson's Hospital: an establishment aflording the best 

 and most extensive field of observation, of this kind, of any 

 in Europe, that of Luneville, perhaps, excepted. 



The benefit of this charity extends equally to the blind 

 and gouty. In the year 1795, I found it to contain thirt}- 

 two of the latter: and, since that period, thirty-four have 

 been admitted; in all sixty-six gouty patients. Of these, 

 the greater number have either complained of gravel, or 

 passed it, without any previous or concomitant inconve- 

 nience: a circumstance which I had, every day, occasion 

 to observe, whilst attending to the state of gouty urine. 

 Among the blind and gouty, however, we may count about 

 twenty-two, as specifically more afflicted : having occa- 

 sionally complained of marked and distinct symptoms of 

 this disorder. Of these, we find sixteen among the gouty, 

 and six, only, among the blind. Now, as the severity of 

 gout is uniformly diminished, nay, in many instances, the 

 disease entirely removed, by a residence of a few years 

 only, in the house; we must expect to find the same take 

 place, with respect to gravel, to which it is so strongly 

 and nearly connected. And this singular alleviation of both 

 diseases we can only attribute to the influence of tempe- 

 rance, and a manner of living, very opposite to that of 

 their former habits. The diet, in our house, consists of 

 bread and milk, for breakfast and supper; beef or mut- 

 ton, with table beer, for dinner; all of the best quality, 

 and administered with the greatest propriety and regula- 



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