Gout : the patrician malady
Porter, Roy, 1946-1998
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Historically seen as a disease affecting upper-class males of superior wit and creativity, gout has fascinated medical writers and commentators from the time of ancient Greece. This book investigates the medical thinking about gout through the ages.
Main title:
Gout : the patrician malady / Roy Porter and G. S. Rousseau.
Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1998.
Collation:
xiv, 393p. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-379) and index.
ISBN:
9780300073867 (hbk)
Dewey class:
616.3999
Local class:
616.3999
Language:
English
BRN:
439773