[Reports ... for the years 1779 and 1780].

  • Royal Humane Society (London, England)
Date:
1781?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Reports ... for the years 1779 and 1780]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as poffible, and prefcribcd proper medicines, which reflored the faid Hugh Monro to his perfect health ; as a fure proof of the pleafing fadts, fe- veral of the people who were prefent at the time of the accident, have fet their names : J. Malden, 7 c . . Edmund Norris, J urgeons. Charles Abercrombiey Samuel MaJony Edward Kelly, \Thomas Redworthy James Redworthy John Bacon, Edward Allwcod. CASE CCLXXXVI. No. 15. Copy ol a Letter from Mr. Churchy to James Horsfall, Efq; dated Iflington, Auguft 10, 1779- / Sir, 1 have now the pleafure to communicate to you a cafe of recovery, which happened under my in- fpedtion on the 2d of this month at Canonbury- houfe, William Eownjendy an infant about two years and a half old, was at play near a pond whilft his father was at work. His mother miffing him, afked his father where he was, who on examina¬ tion found him lying in the pond juft under the water: when he took him out he was to all appearance dead. Whilft his father came to me, the women got off his wet clothes and wrap¬ ped