The Apsley Cookery Book: Containing 448 Recipes for the Uric-Acid Free Diet

An early example of this scarce early 20th century guide to a gout-friendly or low-purine diet, aiming to limit gout in individuals. The seventh thousand of this scarce work.With a frontispiece.A specialised cookbook aimed at those managing conditions like gout through diet.This work offers a wide range of recipes free from purine-rich ingredients thought to contribute to excess uric acid, aligning with contemporary medical theories on diet and disease prevention.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip lightly age toned, otherwise externally excellent. Rear hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd light spot or handling mark. Very Good.