LAND AND WATER 
October 9, 1915 
THE GOUTY STATE. 
Its Relation to Uric Acid Excess. 
C-^^ OUT is popularly believed to be a malady affecting 
1 the joints only. Nothing, possibly, could be further 
,^ from the truth. There is not a portion of the body 
1^ to wliicli uric acid, the common cause of all gouty 
^ buffering, has not access by means of the circulation, 
and \vliere\er uric acid finds its way^ jjout is bound to follow, 
unless proper steps be taken in the meantime to dissolve and 
eliminate the acid. . , ^• 
The surplus uric acid is quickly taken mto the circulation, 
where it enters into a certain chemical combination as a result 
of which it becomes converted into a solid insoluble substance 
—urate of soda— which assumes the form of sharply-pointed 
crystals, or of solid stony masses. It is these compounds of unc 
acid that are the root cause of all the pain, lameness, stiffness, 
inflammation, and swellings of gout. 
These crystals or stony concretions arc in time thrown out 
from the blood and spread over adjacent tissues, giving rise 
to one or other manifestation of gout\- suffering. Thus wlien the 
joints are attacked and filled up with these clogging deposits, 
the terrible suffering of acute, chalky, chronic or rheumatic 
gout results. Gouty rheumatism or lumbago super\encs when 
the shoulder and limb muscles or those of the lower part of the 
back are occupied by the pain-causing uric acid ; sciatica and 
neuritis are due to tiie cruelly sharp atoms piercing the great 
nerve sheaths of thighs atid arms. When the skin is selected 
for uric acid invasion, gouty eczema follows, whilst kidney stone 
and gravel consist simply of solid uratic concretions. 
TRIUMPH OF SCIEXCE OVER GOUT. 
All these varied gouty complaints being admittedly due 
to the one common cause of uric acid excess, the obvious and 
rational way of remedying them is to remove the o\'erplus at 
the earliest possible moment. Thanks to investigations into the 
problem of uric acid and its solvents conducted for many years by 
an old-established firm of manufacturing chemists, with the highest 
possible reputation, a remedy has been perfected by which relief 
from gouty suffering can be readily and safely obtained. This 
remedy is well known as Bishop's Varalettes, and long clinical 
experience has proved it to be an absolutely safe and reliable 
remedy for gouty suffering, no matter what form it may assume. 
The success of Bishop's Varalettes can be understood 
when their method of action is known. The\' are absorbed by 
the blood, and so are enabled to follow the uric acid into the 
remotest recesses of the system. Bishop's Varalettes search 
the poison out in muscle, joint, nerve, and organs. Manifestly 
with the disappearance of the cause, the effect must also go. 
Thus it is that Bishop's Varalettes, acting on scientific and 
logical principles, overcome uric acid and relieve gout. 
S.\FETY AND SUCCESS. 
Bishop's Varalettes are composed of most powerful uric 
acid solvents and climinants. Into their composition there 
enters no dangerous or poisonous ingredient. They are free 
from colchicum, mercury, potash, the iodides or salicylates. 
The composition of Bishop's Varalettes precludes the 
possibility of aiiy lowering or depressing results following their 
use. Their beneikial influence is soon experienced, and is 
attested by the gradual removal of every form of gouty pain 
as the maleficent uric acid is steadily driven out. 
Bishop's Varalettes, if taken in time, prevent the formation 
of the gouty habit, and all goutily constituted people should 
safeguard themselves against outbreaks by taking occasional 
courses of Bishop's Varalettes. By the same means also Bishop's 
Varalettes correct the gouty habit, even when of long standing. 
Acting both as preventive and remedy. Bishop's Varalettes have 
conferred complete immunity from suffering upon numberless 
gouty subjects. 
IMPORTANCE OF DIET. 
As one main cause of over-formation of uric acid is in- 
dulgence in certain classes of food, it is of great importance that 
the gouty should know exactly what these foods are, so that 
they may avoid them. This does not entail any hardship, or 
mean restriction to unpalatable and unsatisfying" foods. There 
is sufficient variety amongst perfectlv permissible foods for 
the 
„ ^, ■ ,-. . ^published a booklet containing 
all the required information on diet for the gouty, classified lists 
of allowable and prohibited foods are set fortli in detail In 
addition a section of tlie booklet is devoted to the discussion of 
nnc acid disorders, their symptoms, course, and treatment. A 
copy of the booklet will be sent post free on application to Alfred 
Bishop (Limited), Manufacturing r!„„„ists (establi.^hed 1857) 
48 Spdman Street, London, N.E. i'lra^o ask for booklet N. 
bishop s \ aralettes are sold bv all chemists in vials at is 
2? ancl 3?. (25 days treatment) of niav be had direct from the 
sole makers, as above. 
clothe.s, Profes.sor Teufel.sdrockli and all Carlyle's 
strange literarv mechanism werea perpetual puzzlement; 
but fascinated and lured by its underlying truths he 
read tiie volume to the last page, and unknowingly ab- 
sorbed into iiis being a pliiiu.sopliy which has influenced 
his whole life. And so lie would like to see this volume 
of Mr. Balfour's placed in the hand of youth, and youth 
encouraged to master it by itself. Doubtless a young 
reader will often find himself out of his depth and 
floundering amid its pellucid waves, but, persevering, 
he will reach well-springs of living waters, all the 
sweeter in that he drinks of them by his own adventure, 
and never again will he lose sight of them, but they will 
be his refreshmeni liiroiigh the sunless doublings and 
wilderness temptations which sooner or later he must 
face by him.sclf. 
Mr. Wells, in a slight but graphic character sketch of 
Mr. Balfour in the House of C\)mmons, thinly veiled 
under a nam de plume that appeared in The New 
MiichiaveUi, wrote: "He saw and thought widely 
and deeJDly, but at times it seemed to me his greatness 
.stood over and behind the reality of his life, like some 
.splendid servant, thinking his own thoughts, who 
waits behind a lesser master's chair." In this volume 
the splendid .servant has replaced the le.sser master. 
Wiien at the journey's end home is entered, and the 
wages ta'en, it will, v,e believe, then be found that of all 
the great services which .Mr. Balfour has rendered to 
his country and to his generation, not one will have won 
for him richer reward than this noble championship of 
Faith, this golden book in defence of Belief. 
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" The Bottle. Fillers." By Edward Noble. (Heinemann.) Cs. 
AUhoiigh this is the story, net of the making of a boy, 
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In such a book as this it is not the plot that counts, 
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This series of stories is concerned with things mystical, 
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children bring over from the other side, memories that are 
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" Ti^er Slayer by Order." By C. K. Goiildsburv. (Chapman and Hall.) 
7s. 6J. net. 
To the sportsman and big game hunter this book will 
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formerly a Deputy-Inspector-General of the Indian police, 
and official tiger killer, mainly in the Bhil country. 
Tlie stories are such as are told over the camp fires on 
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This narrative contains anecdotes which might, but for 
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