The last illness and decease of His Royal Highness the Duke of York: being a journal of occurrences which took place between the 9th of June, 1826, and the 5th of January, 1827 / By Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor.

  • Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839.
Date:
1827
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Credit: The last illness and decease of His Royal Highness the Duke of York: being a journal of occurrences which took place between the 9th of June, 1826, and the 5th of January, 1827 / By Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ings on this subject, that he should not be taken by surprise upon so serious an occa- sion. He considered it probable that the physicians would be less reserved with me than with him, and he charged me if I should learn from them directly, or should have reason to draw such inference from any expression that might drop from them, that his situation had become one of danger, not to withhold such knowledge from him. He appealed to me upon this occasion for an act of friendship, he would add, for the discharge of a duty, which he claimed from the person who had been with him and enjoyed his confidence during so many years. He called upon me to promise that I would perform it whenever the period should arrive to which he alluded, and he