Note 25 — Chapter XII · URATOSIS IN RELATION TO GOUT
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Because the gouty tophi do not suppurate, even when ulcerated, through the skin, it has been suggested that the urates have antiseptic properties. Bendix (Zeit. klin. Med., 1902 (44), 165), however, could not demonstrate such antiseptic properties experimentally.—Gideon Wells.