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Gout, with a section on ocular disease in the goutyLlewellyn, Llewellyn J. (Llewellyn Jones)

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Gout, with a section on ocular disease in the gouty

Name: Gout, with a section on ocular disease in the gouty
Author: Llewellyn, Llewellyn J. (Llewellyn Jones)

Llewellyn, Llewellyn J. (Llewellyn Jones)

Eye -- Diseases; Gout

The Antiquity of Gout. Prevalence of Gout in the Anglo-Saxon
  Period. Views of the Humoralist. The Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
  Introduction of the Word Gout. Early Views as to the Nature of
  Tophi. The “Honour of the Gout.” That Gout confers Immunity
  from other Disorders. Growing Infrequency and Attenuation of
  Gout                                                        _pp._    1-13

                               CHAPTER II

                          THE PEDIGREE OF GOUT

  Tardy Dissociation of Chronic Gout. Identification of Muscular
  Rheumatism. Differentiation of Chronic Gout from Arthritis
  Deformans. Cleavage of Arthritis Deformans into Two Types.
  Elimination of the Infective Arthritides                    _pp._   14-20

                               CHAPTER III

                    EARLIER THEORIES OF PATHOGENESIS

  Garrod’s Theory. Antagonistic Views. Histogenous Theories.
  Antecedent Structural Changes. Hepatic Inadequacy.
  Hyperpyræmia. Nervous Theories. Growing Scepticism as to
  Garrod’s Pathogeny of Gout                                  _pp._   21-34

                               CHAPTER IV

        DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, ETIOLOGY, AND MORBID ANATOMY

  Definition. Classification. Suggested Classification
  of Articular Gout. Etiology and Morbid Anatomy. Bodily
  Conformation and Individual Temperament. Locality, Race,
  Climate. Food, Drink, Occupation. Lead Poisoning. Mental and
  Physical Over-exertion. Summary. Morbid Anatomy             _pp._   35-58

                                CHAPTER V

                  PATHOLOGY OF GOUT-PROTEIN METABOLISM

  Revelations of the Bio-chemist. The Formation of Urea. Fate
  of the Amino-acids. Seat of Formation of Urea. Amino-acids
  in Relation to Gout. The Glycocoll Theory of Gout. Urea
  Excretion in Gout. Creatine and Creatinine. Inborn Errors
  of Metabolism                                               _pp._   59-70

                               CHAPTER VI

                           NUCLEIN METABOLISM

  The Isolation of Nucleic Acid. Researches on Spermatozoa. The
  Discovery of Purins. Uric Acid a Derivative of Nucleic Acid.
  The Chemistry of Uric Acid and the Purin Bodies. Chemical
  Constitution. Properties of Uric Acid. Uric Acid in the Blood.
  Gudzent and Schade’s Theories. Organic Combinations. Complexity
  of the Problem                                              _pp._   71-82

                               CHAPTER VII

                          SOURCES OF URIC ACID

  Exogenous Purins. Exogenous Uric Acid Excretion. Fate of the
  Unexcreted Purins. Endogenous Purins. Source of Endogenous
  Purins. Proteins and their Derivatives. Amino-acids and
  Dicarboxylic Amino-acids. Endogenous Uric Acid Excretion.
  Factors influencing Endogenous Uric Acid Excretion.
  Physiological Conditions. Pathological States. Ingestion of
  Certain Drugs. Synthetic Formation of Uric Acid             _pp._   83-97

                              CHAPTER VIII

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