Report from the committee of the House of Commons appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty, during his illness, touching the state of His Majesty's health.
- House of Commons
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report from the committee of the House of Commons appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty, during his illness, touching the state of His Majesty's health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Is there any one of the particular Caufes enume- rated, to which ])r. Warren can fay, that the l)if- order with Avhich Ilis Majefly is afPu6led is not to be referred ? 1 do not think His Majefly’s Diforder appears to proceed fromany one of the Caufes enumerated by me. Can Dr. Warren fay with Certainty, whether His Majelly’s Difoider may, or may not, have pro- ceeded from Injury by Blows or Falls ? I cannot. v Can Dr. Warren fay with Certainty, whether His * Majefty’s Diforder may, or may not, have proceed- ed from hidden Affedions of the Mind ? I cannot. Can Dr. Warren fay with Certainty, whether His Majefty’s Diforder may, or may not, have been the Effeft of Fever ? I can fay -with Certainty it has not. Can Dr. Warren fay with Certainty, whether His Majefty’s Diforder may, or may not, have proceed- ed from any of the Internal Caufes he has men- tioned ? 1 cannot. . Whether, in thefe Species of the Diforder which cannot be referred to any aflignable Caufe, the Pro- bability of Cure may not be various in different Cafes, according to the Symptoms of the particular Cafe, or the apparent Degree of the Diforder.? I think not, unlefs Signs of Convalefcence are coming on. Whether the Knowledge of the remote Caufe is of Aftiftaiice towards promoting the Cure.? In many Cafes I think it is, but fometimes not. Whether, in Flis- Majefty’s Diforder, Dr. War ren fees any prefent Signs of Convalefcence ? No. /](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2234634x_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)