CHAP. I. The description of the Goute.
THE Goute is a disease occupying and harming the substance of the Joints by the falling downe and collection of a virulent matter accompanied * 1.1 by the foure humors. This word Arthritus or Goute, is generall for e∣very joint so affected; yet it enjoyes divers particular names in sundry joints of the body: as that which falleth upon the joint of the Jaw, is termed Siagona∣gra, * 1.2 for that the Greekes call the Jaw Siagon; that which affects the necke is termed Trachelagra, for that the neck is in Greek termed Trachelos: that which troubles the backe bone is called Rhachisagra, for the spine is termed Rhachis: that which molests the shoulders Omagra, for the joint of the shoulder is stiled Omos: that which affects the joints of the Collar-bones Cleisagra, for that the Greeks call this bone Cleis: that in the Elbow, P••chyagra, for Pechis signifieth the elbow: the goute in the hand is called Chiragra, in the Hippe Ischias, in the knee Gonagra, in the feet Podagra, for that the Hand, Hippe, Knee, and Foote are in Greeke termed Cheir, Ischion, Gony, and Pous. When as there is great abundance of humours in a body, and the patient leads a sedentary life, not some one, but all the joints of the body are at once trou∣bled with the Goute.