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L. A. Healey, MD
Seattle

JAMA. 1970;212(11):1960.

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To the Editor. —

From the well known caricatures of gouty nobility in the 18th century, through the frequently noted association of gout and genius (Bacon, Milton, Newton, and Franklin, to name af ew), to statistical studies of recent years, much has been made of the association between social class or achievement and gout or hyperuricemia. Dunn et al¹ found that the mean serum uric acid level of executives was 5.7 mg/100 ml, compared to a mean of 4.7 mg/100 ml for craftsmen. Brooks and Mueller² found a correlation between serum uric acid level and drive, achievement, and leadership in a group of university professors. They felt that "a tendency to gout is a tendency toward the executive suite," an hypothesis originally proposed by Orowan.³ A recent editorial⁴ has again speculated on the relation between uric acid and the psyche.

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