Medicine, Warwickshire, 18th Century

Legal documents cut from the copy book or books of a Warwickshire solicitor:

Suit presented on behalf of Richard Tattam the younger, medical practitioner, against John Lester of Dunchurch, concerning the non-payment of fees for medical attendance and medicines, 1 f., paginated 35-36.

Bastardy bond indemnifying the parish of Great Harborough against expense arising from the maintenance of Sarah Gamble, a bastard child, 1 f., paginated 45-46. An unrelated document on p. 46 is dated April 1755.

Indenture between Thomas Dawes of C[oventry], surgeon apothecary and bonesetter, M[athew] Will[cox] his apprentice, and William [?] Deacon, assigning Will[cox] to Deacon for the remainder of his apprenticeship, 1 f., paginated 195-196.

Rugby: verdict of a Coroner's jury concerning the death by poisoning of Ann Webb, 1 f.

1754-1755

4 items Drafts or copies.

Purchased from D G Moore, of Penzance, 1958.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).