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GEORGE E. EHRLICH, MD; JOHN CHOKATOS, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1966;118(6):572-574.

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MEDIEVAL alchemists named the base metal lead after the Titan Saturn for unknown reasons—perhaps because the metal seemed to devour all others, much as the old god ate his own children. Divers diseases were attributed to lead poisoning in days when this intoxication was still a major industrial problem; among these was gout. Some of the great names of medical history are associated with the concept of saturnine gout: Sir Alfred Garrod,¹ who first emphasized the relationship between gout and lead poisoning; Bence-Jones; Charcot; and Ebstein. Luthje ² attempted to demonstrate that the gout was produced by the metal lead itself and not by changes in urate. Little attention has been paid to saturnine gout in recent years. Although saturnine gout was the subject of a medical-legal discussion in France ³ in the 1940's, and of a review by Ludwig⁴ in 1957, Talbot ⁵ expresses some doubt . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Section of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Received for publication April 20, 1966; accepted Sept 12.

Reprint requests to Albert Einstein Medical Center, York and Tabor Rd, Philadelphia 19141 (Dr. Ehrlich).

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