GOUT—NOW AMENABLE TO CONTROL
Authors: E C BARTELS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 January 1955GOUT—NOW AMENABLE TO CONTROLELMER C. BARTELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.ELMER C. BARTELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGout, one of man's oldest known afflictions, has for many years defied consistently effective and sustained control. The use of colchicine, a drug long associated with the disease gout, has become established for the relief of acute attacks and is thought by some investigators to aid in the prevention of recurring attacks, but it is well recognized that its effect in no way alters the basic problem of gout, that of hyperuricemia. Because of the hyperuricemia, attempts to control gout by a low purine, low fat diet have been made but, as in diabetes, there are definite gradations of the...Bibliography1. BishopRandTalbott CRJH: Effect of Benemid (p-[di-n-propylsulfamyl]-benzoic acid) on uric acid metabolism in one normal and one gouty subject, J. Clin. Investigation 30: 889-905 (Aug.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GutmanYü ABTF: Benemid (p-(di-n-propylsulfamyl)-benzoic acid) as uricosuric agent in chronic gouty arthritis, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 64: 279-288, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. TalbottBishopNorcrossLockie JHCBMLM: The clinical and metabolic effects of Benemid in patients with gout, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 64: 372-377, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 6, 1954.From the Department of Internal Medicine, The Lahey Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCrystal-associated arthropathiesPathogenesis of “Fasting Hyperuricemia” and its ProphylaxisDauertherapieAmyloidosis of Frontal SinusA COMPARISON OF URICOSURIC AGENTS IN GOUT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SULPHINPYRAZONEModerne Gichtprobleme Ätiologie, Pathogenese, KlinikRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF RECURRENT URIC ACID RENAL CALCULI WITH PROBENECID (BENEMID)*ARTHUR BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DAVID BRONSKY, M.D., ALVIN DUBIN, M.S.Management of GoutRheumatic DiseasesDiscussion on Recent Advances in TreatmentSome observations on 520 gouty patientsManagement of Chronic GoutGOUT BECOMES OF AGEJOHN H. TALBOTT 1 January 1955Volume 42, Issue 1Page: 1-10KeywordsColchicineDietDrugsFatsGoutPurines ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1955 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1955, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...