Haden, Charles Thomas (1786-1824), M.D.

Journal of C. T. Haden written aboard the Emma, a private yacht owned by Sir William Curtis (1752-1829) M.P. Emma sailed from Ramsgate to the Mediterranean escorted by H.M.S. Weazel, landing at Gibraltar, Malaga and Malta, where Haden died. The diary records scenery and conversations en route: the author describes the civil and military hospitals of Gibraltar, physicians and diseases in Spain and other medical topics, including his own fatal illness.

15 November 1823-11 January 1824

238 ff. (original foliation 1-29) 1 vol., 225 × 145 mm. Modern cloth binding. Spine labelled 'Journal of a sea voyage made by Doctor Th. Ch. Haden'.

Purchased from David Batterham, 1992.

Haden is best known for having treated Jane Austen's brother, Henry, and subsequently becoming a friend of the author herself. He was surgeon to the Chelsea and Brompton Dispensary and father of Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910) F.R.C.S. There is a biographical notice at the start of his posthumous work, Practical Observations on the Management and Diseases of Children (London: Burgess and Hill, 1827).

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.