Porter, Roy; G. S. Rousseau: Gout : The Patrician Malady

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Porter, Roy; G. S. Rousseau : Gout : The Patrician Malady

Yale University Press, New Haven, 1998

ISBN 0300073860

A fascinating look at the disease known as Gout throughout history, tracking its incidence and mental thinking about it over the centuries, various treatments for it and their evolution, the various prominent historical personages who suffered from it, its effects on society, sex, privilege, and class, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrated, notes, an extensive bibliography, indexed, 393pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine

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