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Yale J Biol Med. 1983 Mar–Apr; 56(2): 131–152.
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The last illnesses of Robert and Horace Walpole.
A. J. Viseltear
Abstract
Urinary lithiasis and gout were uncommonly prevalent in the eighteenth century. This essay considers the history of both afflictions and especially tells of the last illnesses of Sir Robert Walpole, who died from complications of stone, and his son, Horace, who throughout his life was a sufferer of gout.
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  • STETTEN D., Jr Gout. Perspect Biol Med. 1959;2(2):185–196. [PubMed]
  • Relman AS. Closing the books on Laetrile. N Engl J Med. 1982 Jan 28;306(4):236. [PubMed]
  • Spriggs EA. The illnesses and death of Robert Walpole. Med Hist. 1982 Oct;26(4):421–428. [PubMed]
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