He knows the aspirin will not cure the arthritis, but he wants to alleviate the symptom.
"A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis"
Melvin Powers
I never saw mony marks opposite the common and innocuous complaints-cholica, or pain in the stamach; catarrhs, or cauld; arthritis, or gout; rheumatismus, or rheumatism; odontalgia, or toothache; and sae forth: thae were beneath his notice.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Too, the winters were starting to bother him a little, the arthritis in his hands was getting worse every year, times he hardly had the strength in his left hand, which was the worst, to hold an ax.
"Cat and Mouse"
Ralph Williams