Nuki George
Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2006 May;32(2):333-57, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2006.03.003.
The history of gout and the many distinguished historical figures who have suffered the agonies of this crystal deposition disorder have claimed the attention of medical historians like no other disease. Its treatment with uric acid lowering drugs became a twentieth century paradigm for the successful management and prevention of a chronic rheumatic disease, but the colorful history of the treatment of gout and crystal deposition disorders stretches back over 4,000 years.
痛风的历史以及众多饱受这种晶体沉积性疾病折磨的杰出历史人物，吸引了医学史学家的关注，这是其他疾病所无法比拟的。用降尿酸药物治疗痛风成为20世纪成功管理和预防慢性风湿性疾病的典范，但其丰富多彩的治疗史可追溯到4000多年前。
