drank of the Water of this Place, which is very wholesome and something Vitriolick, for a Month together, sometimes to the Quantity of eight Quarts; he made Urine plentifully, and came gradually to the Use of his Hands and Feet; so that he could both walk and gripe any thing with his Hands in a short Time, to the Admiration of all those who knew his Condition before. From hence it appears, that large Quantities of Water do no Mischief, but by the Pressure are most powerfully deobstruent. I knew a gouty Gentleman who drank warm Beer with great Success in the Gout; and the _Chinese_, who drink their Water warm, are not subject to this Distemper. There are various Ways of removing Obstructions, and tempering the Acrimony of the Juices, but we are very much in doubt, whether by these Methods the very Cause of the Gout can be so thoroughly extirpated and conveniently cured, as by the Use of Milk; for Water drank in too great Quantities (as it is not endowed with any nutritious Particles) weakens the Tone of the Bowels, and damps the vital heat; though if it be used with Caution, in Distempers arising from an Acrimony of the Juices, it is very often of great Efficacy. _FINIS._ BOOKS printed for _J. Smith_ and _W. Bruce_ on the _Blind-Key_ in _Dublin_: And Sold by _J. Osborn_ and _T. Longman_, at the Ship and Black Swan in _Pater-noster-Row, London_. 1. An ESSAY on the TRADE and IMPROVEMENT of _IRELAND_. In two Parts. By _Arthur Dobbs_, Esq; 2. The NATURE and CONSEQUENCES of the SACRAMENTAL TEST considered. With REASONS humbly offered for the REPEAL of it. ERRATA. _Preface, page 2. line 20. for ~two~, read ~too~_ _---- p. 5. l. 20. for ~-tempers~ r. ~-tances~_ _---- p. 34. l. 7. ~from the Bott.~ for ~Volatization~ r. ~Volatilization~_ _Essay, p. 18. l. 4. for ~Miscecable~ r. ~Misceable~_ _---- p. 41. l. 22. for ~Quere~ r. ~Quære~_ _---- p. 44. l. 18. for ~Ainmal~ r. ~Animal~_ _---- p. 57. l. 17. for ~-tions are~ r. ~-tion is~_ _---- p. 61. l. 6. for ~a to~ r. ~to a~_ _---- p. 63. l. 8. for ~Defecation~ r. ~Defæcation~_ _---- p. 90. l. 15. for ~is~ r. ~are~_ _---- p. 99. l. 8. r. ~S. Hillario~_ _---- p. 102. l. 9. for ~on~ r. ~a~_ _---- p. 116. l. 3. for ~produe~ r. ~produce~_ _---- p. 119. l. ult. for ~Pills~ r. ~Peel~_ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Dolæus upon the cure of the gout b milk-diet, by Johannes Dolæus and William Stephens