Some account of Lord Boringdon's accident, on 21st July, 1817, and its consequences.

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[1818]
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Credit: Some account of Lord Boringdon's accident, on 21st July, 1817, and its consequences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with which every body who saw him always approached him. The persons from whose attendance he derived the greatest comfort and satisfaction were Lady Morley, the maid Mary Catchpole, and Dr. Heath; for Dr. Heath he had conceived a strong liking previously to his illness, and nothing ever exceeded the watching and affectionate care marked to him by that gentleman. For Lady Morley and Mary his affec- tion was unbounded (to the latter he gave gowns, caps, &c. repeatedly during his illness): he preferred Lady Morley to sit and talk with him; but he preferred Marjr always to ar- range his pillows for him, and assist him in his bed: besides these, Miss Smith, Mrs. Metcalfe (Lady Morley’s maid) and Hester Catchpole (sister to Mary) all attended upon him in turns, with indefatigable zeal and attachment, which nothing could exceed; and this full attendance by persons he loved greatly mitigated the sufferings of his situation. There was indeed an entire reciprocity of feeling; for whilst those who attended upon him were thus devoted to him, he, on the other hand, was invariably and without a single exception during his whole illness, anxiously alive to sparing them either trouble or fatigue. He uniformly thought of them and never of himself; his anxiety that Mary, &c. should take their walks knew no bounds. The total ob- E
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