An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry.

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1816
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Credit: An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry. 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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    I,' Origin of Admiral Henry's System. Admiral Henry was born at Holyhead in the island of Anglesea, on the 28th of September, 1731, and consequently v/as, on the 4th of October 1816, turned of 85. He went into the navy in the year 1744. Whilst on service, he had his thigh bone completely broken by a hawser, in 1746. He was at the capture of the Havannah in 1762, first lieutenant of the Hampton-Court. During the American war, he was made, in 1779, a captain, by that dis- tinguished admiral, Lord Howe, in consequence of his success in taking Mud Island in the Dela- ware, which was considered at the time a mo'st important service. He was made an Admiral in 1794, is now’ an Admiral of the Red, and the tw’elfth on the list. He was married ; had no family, and is now^ a widower. Soon after the close of the American war, an. 1786, Admiral Henry returned to the parish of Rolvenden in Kent, where he had formerly resided, and where, during his absence, a house had been built for him, in the neighbourhood of a pleasant village, about 55 miles from London, 21 from Maidstone, and 3 from fenterden. He has resided there ever since, with the exception of about a year and a quarter, during which period he was on service with the gallant Sir