The life of Sir Henry Halford, bart., G.C.H., M.D., F.R.S., president of the Royal college of physicians, physician to George III., George IV., William IV., and to Her Majesty Queen Victoria / By William Munk.

  • Munk, William, 1816-1898.
Date:
1895
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Credit: The life of Sir Henry Halford, bart., G.C.H., M.D., F.R.S., president of the Royal college of physicians, physician to George III., George IV., William IV., and to Her Majesty Queen Victoria / By William Munk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    will too soon have an opportunity of redeeming the sacred pledge you gave him ; for I assure you in the same spirit in which you made your promise to the duke, I make mine now to you, that when I lose all further hopes of administering the resources of our art to him with good effect, I will not only consent to your making the communica- tion, but will invite you to make it. I am rejoiced to hear that the duke is not altogether averse to Kew, and I earnestly wish he might be prevailed upon to go there at once from Brighton, without stopping in Arlington Street, but this perhaps is hardly possible. I have written to H.R.H. to say that he may depend upon my keeping my appointment on Sunday, and I trust I shall soon find an oppor- tunity of conversing with you and telling you my opinion of H.R.H.'s comparative state. Pray continue to believe me to be, with high esteem, My dear Taylor, yours faithfully, Henry Halford. The disease of the duke continued to make progress, the dropsical swelling to increase, and there were evident signs of water in the abdomen. After mature deliberation, it was resolved to en- deavour *to relieve the difficulty of breathing and to lessen the pressure from above upon the ex- tremities. The operation of tapping was performed