Unlikely remedy
Sir: Having myself suffered an attack of gout earlier this year, I deeply sympathise with my friend Alan Watkins (Diary, 17 November) in having to add this painful condition to his other afflictions. Without trying to be in the least competitive, suggest that a gouty foot was more discom- moding for me than for him, since it proved too agonising even to depress the clutch on my car, whereas Mr Watkins, sensibly, does not drive. The trouble with conventional approaches to the suppression of this ail- ment is that it condemns the sufferer to the slavery of permanent medication. I cured my gout on the advice of an American friend, who recommended that I drink an occasional carton of cranberry juice, readily available from most super- markets. Since adopting this remedy I have suffered nary a twinge.
Peter Paterson
Daily Mail, Derry Street, London W8
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