ABSTRACT
Baron Anton Von Storck
in 1763, and its specificity for this syndrome soon resulted in its incorporation in a number of “
gout mixtures
” popularized by charlatans.
Benjamin Franklin
, himself a sufferer from gout, is reputed to have introduced colchicum therapy in the United States. The alkaloid colchicine was isolated from
colchicum
in 1820 by Pelletier and Caventou (Goodman and Gilman, 1955).
