Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst disease. Sometimes the stone, on passing, kills the patient, without waiting for the gout.
-- Thomas Sydenham
   
Thomas Sydenham   Name:
Thomas Sydenham
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
English
Birth:
September 10, 1624
Death:
December 29, 1689
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