This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
Several forms of cutaneous disease are connected with a gouty or rheumatic diathesis, especially forms of eczema and psoriasis; in such cases the urine is often scanty and loaded, and then alkaline diuretics are of service. Mr. Easton has shown the advantages of the acetate (Edinburgh Monthly Journal, May, 1850); the liquor potassae is also given successfully.
 
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