Dec 2, 2016
Those who, conjoining gastronomic industry with general idleness... and those in whom good-humour still so far prevails over bad blood as that they carry a pleasant countenance, yet feel, when gout is brewing in their veins, as if some evil spirit had possession of them, since the slightest circumstance that interferes with their pleasure throws them into a sudden rage. The condition of blood which precedes gout is... constantly associated with irascibility...
George Moore, M.D.