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 Gout is an ancient disease. Uric aid deposits have been found in the skeletons of mummies from Egypt. |
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Hippocrates called gout in the foot as “ podagra ”, from the Greek words pous (foot) and agra (attack).
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Written records of gout were found in the Korean traditional medical book Donguibogam . |
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Gout affected many famous historical figures.
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| Alexander the Great, Queen Anne, King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Benjamin Franklin, John Milton, Isaac Newton, and Charles Darwin have known to suffer from gout. |
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