This Diet ought to be so long continued, until the whole gouty Matter
be discharged forth of the Body, which is to be computed by the Degree
and Length of the Distemper, and Observations upon the Cure in others.
The longer it is continued, the more perfect Cure is to be expected;
those that are over-run with the Distemper, are always to use it,
others for an Year, and others for an Year and an half; some Persons
who have, upon continuing it only for half an Year, thought themselves
perfectly cured, and have returned too soon to their former Method of
living, have so far exceeded, as to be seized again with the Gout,
but returning to the Diet, have been cured; some more prudent, have
continued the Diet for an Year, and then returned to their ordinary
Manner of living by Degrees, always taking about sixteen Ounces or a
Pint of Milk every Morning, and have thus for many Years been free. The
best Time of Beginning the Diet is in the Spring, and that from the
Beginning of _May_, to the End of _April_ in the succeeding Year.