The honour of the gout or, a rational discourse, demonstrating that the gout is one of the greatest blessings which can befal mortal man; that all Gentlemen who are weary of it, are their own Enemies; that those Practitioners who offer at the Cure, are the vainest and most mischievous Cheats in Nature. By way of letter to an eminent citizen; Wrote in the heat of a violent Paroxysm, and now publish'd for the Common Good. By Philander Misiatrus - Philander Misaurus (London printed, and Dublin reprinted, and sold by George Faulkner in Christ-Church-Yard, 1727)
English Short Title Catalog, T194395
First edition issued in 1699 under the pseudonym Philander Misiatrus, later London editions issued under the pseudonym Philander Misaurus
Philander Misiatrus is a pseudonym
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford)
Sometimes wrongly attributed to Swift