I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation.
-- Thomas Sydenham
   
Thomas Sydenham   Name:
Thomas Sydenham
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
English
Birth:
September 10, 1624
Death:
December 29, 1689
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