A letter to a friend concerning the sickness and death of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester With the true copies of three letters wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the King; and also the surgeons certificate who dissected him. Publish'd for the rectifying the many mistaken rumours spread on this most lamented loss.

A letter to a friend concerning the sickness and death of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester With the true copies of three letters wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the King; and also the surgeons certificate who dissected him. Publish'd for the rectifying the many mistaken rumours spread on this most lamented loss.

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A LETTER to a FRIEND Concerning the SICKNESS and DEATH Of His Highneſs the Duke of Glouceſter. With the True Copies of Three Letters Wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the KING; And alſo the Surgeons Certificate who Diſſected him. Publiſh'd for the Rectifying the Many Miſtaken Rumours Spread on this Moſt Lamented Loſs.

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A Copy of Dr. Hannes's Letter to the KING, in relation to the Duke of Glouceſter's Death.

A Copy of Dr. Gibbons's Letter, July the 30th. 1700.

A Copy of Dr. Radcliff's Letter, July the 30th. 1700.

The Opinion of the Surgeons, that Diſſected the Duke of Glouceſter.

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A LETTER to a FRIEND Concerning the SICKNESS and DEATH Of His Highneſs the Duke of Glouceſter. With the True Copies of Three Letters Wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the KING; And alſo the Surgeons Certificate who Diſſected him. Publiſh'd for the Rectifying the Many Miſtaken Rumours Spread on this Moſt Lamented Loſs.

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SIR,

NEws is a Compound in which Falſhood is generally the Largeſt Ingredient; ſo muſt beg leave to tell you your Commands would have been more ſpeedily obeyed in any thing, than to write on this unhappy Solemn Subject. But the Injunction your Letter laid on me, as well as the various Reports this Town has afforded, put me on an Exact Enquiry after the Truth; and now I have had the good luck to find it, I fear any dreſs I might put on would diſguiſe it, therefore I ſend it you naked in the Copies of Three Letters Wrote in his Majeſty, by the Three Eminent Phyſicians who attended his Highneſs [Page] in his ſhort Sickneſs, and the Three noted Surgeons Certificate who opened him. They are Examined with the Originals, and I know you will as clearly inform your ſelf and the Countrey from them, as any body elſe is able: And I hope this will make my Excuſe for not writing you the Melancholy News ſooner, as you requeſted,

Your Obliged Servant, B. P.

London, the 1ſt. of Octob. 1700.

A Copy of Dr. Hannes's Letter to the KING, in relation to the Duke of Glouceſter's Death.

ON Wednſday, July the 24th. His Highneſs the Duke of Glouceſter, after the Ceremony of his Birth-Day was over, found himſelf fateagu'd and indiſpos'd the ſame Night, and the next Day He was extreamly Sick, and complain'd of his Throat. All Friday He was hot and Feavouriſh. On Saturday Morning, upon his loſing a little Blood, He thought himſelf better; but in the Evening his Feavour appearing more violent, a Bliſter was directed with ſuch other Remedies as were thought moſt proper, his Highneſs went this Day very often to Stool; this day a Raſh came out on his Skin, which increas'd the next, more Bliſters were laid on. On Sunday in the Afternoon the Feavour growing ſtronger He went into a Delirium, which laſted with his Life: He paſs'd this Night as he had done the preceeding, with ſhort broken Sleeps, and incoherent Talk. On Monday, the Bliſters having taken effect, and the Pulſe mending, it was thought probable his Highneſs might recover. About Eleven at Night we were alarm'd with a ſudden change, and about two Hours after, Nature giving way to the Malignity of the Diſtemper, His Highneſs Expir'd.

A Copy of Dr. Gibbons's Letter, July the 30th. 1700.

I came to wait on his Royal Highneſs July the 28th, being Sunday, betwixt Three and Four in the Morning. I found him very Feavouriſh, with a quick and low Pulſe, and a crude Urine, and was inform'd by thoſe that attended him, that He had had ſeveral Stools that Afternoon. He ſwallow'd with eaſe, and when I look'd into his Throat, I ſound nothing amiſs there. About Eight the ſame Morning I found him in a Sweat, and Eruptions began to appear in his Skin, which towards the Afternoon increas'd, and at Night appear'd like a Raſh. About Three in the Afternoon He ſtrove to Vomit, and brought up a great deal of Veſci'd Phlegm, preſently after which He had a large Stool, and had like to have fainted [Page] away, but by applying proper Remedies, recover'd his Spirits in ſome Reaſon. By the help of Alexipharmacal Medicines He continued in a Breathing Sweat, and the Raſh out, till about Eleven of the Clock laſt Night, when on the ſudden He was ſeiz'd with a difficult Breathing, and could ſwallow nothing down, and dy'd before Midnight.

A Copy of Dr. Radcliff's Letter, July the 30th. 1700.

ON Sunday the 28th. about Noon, I was ſent for to attend upon his Highneſs the Duke of Glouceſter at Winſor, I got thither about Six in the Evening, where I found his Highneſs in Bed with a very high Fever upon him, his Fleſh was extream hot, a high colour in his Cheeks, with ſeveral Eruptions upon his Skin and Face, attended with a Raſh; which gave ſome Suſpicion that it might prove the Small-Pox: His Pulſe was very quick and Fevoriſh; his Tongue White, and his ſwallowing without pain or difficulty; his Breathing by fits ſhort, and attended with great ſighing; his Urine Pale and without Sediment, and He himſelf very Reſtleſs and extream Light-headed. He had that day ſeveral Stools, and with the laſt ſo weaken'd, that He had like to have fainted away. After that I had inform'd my ſelf of the preſent Circumſtances and Condition of his Diſtemper, I retired with Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Hannes (who were both there) to conſult about his Recovery: We order'd him that Night a Drink, which was proper to ſuppreſs his Looſeneſs, which had it's effect, for He had no Stools afterwards. His Fever was a Malignant Fever in all its Symptoms, with a Raſh attending it: We order'd him Cordial-Powders and Cordial-Julips to reſiſt the Malignity; He took a Paper of thoſe Powders that Night, which kept him in a Breathing Sweat, and brought out the Raſh in a greater quantity; He had but very little Reſt that Night with great ſighing and dejection of Spirits, and towards Morning complain'd very much of his Bliſters; they were open'd in the Morning, and they were drawn, and Run well; upon the Running of his Bliſters He was leſs Light-headed, and the Raſh came out more, ſo that towards Noon his Head was conſiderably better, and his Breathing freer, which gave us ſome Encouragement at that time to hope his Recovery: We order'd him in the Evening two more Bliſters, and to continue the Method He was in, hopeing, by the aſſiſtance of 'em, He would have a better Night, and be leſs Light-headed: But before the Bliſters could take place, the Malignity of the Diſtemper retreating from the Skin upon the Vital Parts, He was on a ſudden, after a little doſeing, taken with a ſort of Convulſive Breathing, with a defect in Swallowing, and a total Deprivation of all Senſe, which laſted about an Hour, and ſo between Twelve and One at Night he departed this Life.

The Opinion of the Surgeons, that Diſſected the Duke of Glouceſter.

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WHereas 'tis reported that we the Surgeons, who Diſſected the Body of his Highneſs the Duke of Gloucester, have given it as our Opinions, that He dy'd of a Quinſy, or ſore Throat: We do now (as we did upon Diſſection declare our Opinions) that the ſole Occaſion on His Highneſſe's Death was a very high Malignant Fever.

Charles Bernard. Edward Green. William Cowper.

FINIS.

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LONDON. Printed and Sold by A. Baldwin in War [...]

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A letter to a friend concerning the sickness and death of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester With the true copies of three letters wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the King; and also the surgeons certificate who dissected him. Publish'd for the rectifying the many mistaken rumours spread on this most lamented loss.

B. P.

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— A letter to a friend concerning the sickness and death of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester With the true copies of three letters wrote by Dr. Hannes, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Radcliffe, to the King; and also the surgeons certificate who dissected him. Publish'd for the rectifying the many mistaken rumours spread on this most lamented loss., B. P., Hannes, Edward, Sir, d. 1710., Gibbons, William, 1649-1728., Radcliffe, John, 1650-1714., Bernard, Charles, 1650-1711., Cowper, William, 1666-1709..

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Printed and sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane,. London. :: [1700].. (Signed and dated on p.2: B.P. 1st. of Octob. 1700.) (Caption title.) (Imprint from colophon.) ("A copy of Dr. Hannes's letter to the King,", "A copy of Dr. Gibbons's letter," and "A copy of Dr. Radcliff's letter," have caption titles.) ("The opinion of the surgeons, that dissected the Duke of Gloucester" is signed: Charles Bernard, Edward Green, William Cowper.) (Reproduction of the original in the Goldsmiths' Company, University of London.)

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