Dolæus upon the cure of the gout by milk-diet / To which is prefixed, an essay upon diet

The work advocates a year-long milk regimen as a treatment for gout and opens with an essay arguing that diet powerfully shapes chronic illness. It presents practical directions for implementing a milk-based course, recounts case histories of recoveries, and offers reflections on bodily composition and the limits of precise measurement in medical reasoning. A prefatory commentary appended to the translation warns against generalized prescriptions, stresses attention to individual constitution, and critiques loose medical advice while supplying measured dietary guidance and clinical observations drawn from practice.