XIX. Some farther observations on the use of the colchicum autumnale in gout

Abstract

I laid before the Society, some experiments and observa­tions in favour of this medicine acting upon the gout through the medium of the circulation, and not by its effects directly upon the stomach and intestinal canal. The object of the present Paper is to show that the infu­sion throws down a deposit, the separation of which does not appear to diminish the specific effects upon the gout, and renders those upon the stomach and intestines milder than when the deposit is taken along with the infusion.