[Ads-l] "Flying", adj., sense 5.d., "Of pains", 1724, 1725; antedates 1805

[Joel Berson]

"Flying", adj., sense 5.d., "Of pains: Passing irregularly from one part of the body to another", 1724, 1725; antedate 1805-.


(1)  1724.  "the Flying Gout".  [In a list of illnesses.] [n.a.] A New Method of Curing the Venereal Disease ... .  London: J. Clark, 1724. Page 47.  Google Books.



(2)  1725.  The nervous, and flying Gout ..."  Geo. Cheyne.  An Essay of the True Nature and
Due Method of Treating the Gout ... .  7th ed.  London: Printed for G. Strahan, 1725.  Page 88.  Google Books.


Joel

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