| Description Of Item | From the collection of Samuel Merriman. Printed copy of the book with manuscript annotations. The book consists of two letters from Jesse Foot on the necessity of an inquiry, 1817; 'An Address to British Females on the moral management of Pregnancy and Labour with a vindication of Her Royal Highness' Physicians Sir Richard Croft, Dr Baillie and Dr Sims' by William Cooke, 1817; 'A Critical Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of the Case of Princess Charlotte' by Rees Price, 1817; case of the late Princess Charlotte of Wales from Gazette of Health and Medical and Physical Intelligence, 1817; 'The Authentic Statement of the Case of Princess Charlotte' by Anthony Todd Thomson, 1817; 'An Elegy on the Death of Princess Charlotte' by Charles James, 1817; newspaper clipping on the suicide of Sir Richard Croft, 1818. All these items are annotated by Merriman and also included are: copy of a letter from Sir B Blomfield on behalf of the Prince Regent to Sir Richard Croft, 8th November 1817 and notes on practices that have become common since Princess Charlotte's death, 1838.
Merriman's bookplate on front flyleaf. |