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• HIS ALIJEsTrS ILLNESS. lIEIhiRT. ON COMMITTER •I.PANTED To EIASIINI Tilt MUSICIANS WWI MATZ ATTENDED His MAJES TY DU4INO ND ILLNESS. T o u c ulsu TH E. KATE 011 NIl II AJESTy'S PSALM, Asp To Ng- TORT MCP LIAMINATIoN TO THE MOUSE. Harr, pursuaut to th. Or•ler of the Mose, pro needed to 'asinine the foist Physicians; which ex amination is as follows. Ifosorts Is ells iimembris is Dr. HENRY RETELL REYNOLDS called is sod ex amined. Q. Is the state of His Majesty's health such so to reader him incapable of coining in person to his Parliament. or of atteoding to any kind of public besisess t—A. Certainly he is incapable. Q. What an the hopes you entertaio of his Majesty's recovery still entertain very coo& dent hopes of His Majastv's recover. Q. Do you found the opinion, given in your steelier to the previous question, upon the particu lar symptoms el? Hi: Majesty's d ,order; or upon petrol experience in other ow. of the same na ture; or upon both ?—A. Upou both; and for this reason : with respect to the particular synth teens of the Majesty, they are favourable, from the circuinsances of the soundness of his constitu tion, pre ##### d by simple and temp-rate diet, and th. regular halii - s of Ins life ; and also because his memory is as strong and es correct as ever it was, his perception.; as acute (his juilg•neut is pervert. 8 , 44 he h;,,, brit hi e di.e r ..t ion at present? ; and also because I have seen His Alujoaty rerover from three attacks of the sem.: diaeate, in some parts of whic:i I think be has been even worse than he is at present. Q. tVhe air in that particular species of the absurder His ijesty h des I' ~11.11 into, it his been found, frn,n experielice. that the greater iniseber of persons so affected have been cured 1 believe much the greater number. Q. Can yoo form any iiidgment or probable con j!ctiare of theduration of His :11 ojesty's illness riu.l cannot: our 'tapes •nd ex pertatinna of *speedy recovery have fluctueted with the fluctuations of His Majesty's complaint ; but uothiog has hitherto prevented in- from thinking favourably of the ulti- ViatO termination of the disease. 1 4* As far es experieure enables you to judge, do yea thick it more probable that His Majesty will Of will not recover, so 114 to render him cape ble of *wending to pillohc business ?—A. Yes, have no doubt; there is such an integrity of mind &Mkt Hts M ajestv. that when once tits aberrations are gale, lie will recover perfectly ; how soon, it is lespowible for me to .ay. lau ',pow smte vestiges o'4 complaint may remom the principal part of the disease shall be removed ; but I have no d'mlit of his being able to thschaig his functions just us well se ever. Q. What degree of expelience have you had yourself iii this potieitiar hp , Clrl, of disorder?—.l. lo the coarse of upwards of forty years' Keener. have stela several in4tittle.a of ; Q. Has any amendment alreelly taken place in the purse of HIS Majesty's ihaoriler, Gild does the appearance or such amendment continue at pre sent There have been fluctuations ; Ilis Majesty his sometimes been better, and sometimes *pin he his been worse ; there Lave been pa roxyam-; there have been times wilt,' he has teen apiewently going on well. and then something sud denly 644 1 Ibrown hi n h.,ek ; amendment hj.4 tabily take'. place, but theta it has be e n transient, and he has been a little worse again, and then lie has been better again. Ile is much better now than he "as at svveral periods of the cliara-a. Q. What is the state of His Majesty's disorder et present. as compared with what it was whet. you were ..earnierd before the Privy Clamed ?—.t. I pereeive but very little difference fret* what it was at that time. Q. Can you ascribe His Majesty's disorder to soy particular cause?—A. I understand that it came on from the anxiety of his mind upon the ill ness of his daughter, the Princess Am lia; I believe these can be no doubt of that : those Gentlemen who were in atten.lance Diem her, I believe, will satisfy the Commi tee swot' that subject ; hut, trent their report. I haws tin doubt it originated from that cause. Q. \\'h-n were you first called in ?—A. Uu the aa OF NOV. Miler. Q. Who were the Physicians in attendance at the time yon we.. rolled in ?—A. Dr. Heberdcit, Sir Henry Milford, and Di. Q. Were they the only Physicians in attend 'nee f—A. They were. Q. Was there any other confidential Nledical person in a tendance at the same time?—A. Nio at the time 1 went. Q. Who are the I/hygienist* in attendance now ? In toldition to those Gentlemen and myself, Dr. Robert Willis. 9. mien ray Dr. Robert Willis called in ? A. To the best of my recollection, on Tuesday the huh of Novera!ter, in the evening. Q. I. there any other confidential Medical per. SOO now n. tittentlanee. besides the Physicians A. Mr. Deludes has attended Ilia Majesty : Mr. Bettiscoinli is his Apothecary, and, or course, is there occasionally ; but there is no other Medical person. W. Have you hid opportanities of seeing the King from time to finis to ',me, since your attend. slice upon 114 Maesty in the year t7eu T—A. Yes ; I saw lil4 Majesty in h.. illness in the year I lot and els.. in His dine.. in the year Ilso4. Q. line pin hr.ns s:.alktl in to Alen(' His Ma. j.tsty, or hove sio hoti any opportunities of seeing tli • M sjsist, in the intervals between those illuemes of 1711, 19111, and 1404, up to the time of your called ill.llll tin. present illness?—A. I have had few opportunities of seeing Mu hlsiesty, ex cept in those illnesses. I have had occasion to .55 hills two or three times on say own business. when he did me the honour of appusisting me Isis Plty.i • tarn Cetroordinary, "nil then his Physician in Or dinary ; but nit medically. Id. You have stated, that the greater niimlser of patients. labouring under this same sort of milt mop as Ilia Majeoy. who hive come undo, yaw elasertation, have recovered ; do you in the greater num:. er, to include patients of the ade et which His 'Majesty ha : arrived It hag nut occurred to me, to tee „any persons at that ad vanced period of life labouring under this dis ease. Q. Do you know that Medical people in gene ral consider, that as life advances, after a certain period recovery is deemed more improbable:—A. Yes, 1 believe that is the geII1.1:1I upi niun. Q. Then, in the greater numher of patients who have recovered, as stated by yan, all titiar pa tients were in a class of age Lielow that of the King?—A. I think so ; there was one whose age I do not recollect precisely'. Q. !lave you been in the habit of attending any of the politic hospitals for the remount of patients trotter this disease?—A. No, I have not heeti in the habit of attending any hopital appropriated to the reception of such patients. Q. You have stated, that you entertain a very favourable opinion of the King's ultimate reco very ; and you have stated use of the reasons of your opinion to be, the soundness of His Nlsj.-sty's constitution ; in those patients whom you hove at tended, have you not found that very sound con stitutions have often been alto:led with incurable maladies of this nature?—A. No, I du slat know that I hive often found that. Q. Itive you found it in any instance?—A. I have sera people ho hare not recovered. . - Q. %Vali very snood constitution.?—A. Not with such constitutions as the ; probably I should have had great hopes of them, if they had. hut I cannot cis - urge my wind now with every pa tient of the kind 1 u:tesided doting forty veart. "I lie general impression made upon my mod does not authorise the to answer that ques tion decirmit ly. Q. When the constitution is so sound as to afford the medical atteoclaist no reason for the mental infirmity as mising out of that constitution, d• you lithilt dint the probability of recovery Is mire or less front that circumstance?—A. More, certainly, from a sound com , titution, Q. If you cannot trace any cause for the infir mity P—A. If I cannot trace any cause, if there is no hereditary tatut, or any obvious cause for it, no external or any 'Mil which looks like organic:ll allectiou of the b.aiii ; I should •upte bend a sound constitution affords much the greatest probelality of recovery. Q. You have stated, as another reason, the ex treme accuracy of the King's memory; to patients labouring tinder this infirmity, is not estretne ac curacy of memory very frequent, and souretion•s what may be called morbid ?—A. I never observed Oar. Q. You lisve also accounted for the pr .bability of the King's recovery, by observing the strict, bionple. Hod temperate diet the hios has %Indy. ure-J : when patients have come under your obser vation. whose habits of life have been rxettiv the reve , .e of the kings. has not the redo( itig them to that sleet and temperate thet and life to which tim Km:: has hero 'teens:oiled. ittfor.l.rd the bust ground of hope for mei, a th.sr r.boirs ry F.—A. When r:xers in the of life has he. ti ton much iislid g eri. the remov.tl of that cr ew, and the subsequent •ooptiron of end rather a more sp,Aritig regimen. has beet) be quently atttod•il with becer.«. Q. What Jo you mean he the integrity of the King'a mud et the preteut time?—A. l tren, that his memory it entire. his perception, are retire. and his aCiltVae,l rmisiilerable, which appears from every lion and t'l.f. a CO:It Arai ass any todng that is said. Ili. iml4meht. 1 have ••atil was perreited„ and that iii 'gerund his dineretion i. asleep it times: though every new and shim there are gleams of both, but they are Mintiest. Q. In &tailing the present runt of the King'. mind, as 10 f•. 16 Medlar'', 4.11 percept iiiii a, the she,- rut ioia of hi, judgment. end hie lows of discretion; is not that mate of itind common to all persons boating under the ...trite infirmity. or are they par ticular symptom. belonging to the King ?—.t. I Jo out know that I evrr saw exactly a vote paitil'e! to the King'. ; the disease is modified by Ina pe culiar cunati.ution, and perhaps w sonic IClVallUry by his peculiar station. Q. You titer mentioned your expectation that the King will recover, an I be able to transact piddle bth.itte.s hot that Annie VC , . Ii gas if the erme ; •l4hit m.i rrinalit ; Ili you mean to Coy, that the recover). a Irv, in your 111a111011, V , Onlitate to tile IntaLletina of public busine.a, while ve.t•ges of :hr c t alJaiut 1 , 111‘111?—A. Yea, I shou'il have un dnitht their he ti m e. h,•,, II:a Nlej 'sty might Its. perfreily competent to perry thin;;: and that now awl then, a little or t'oirtvtlotn4 , itri.glu, for a iiiiarter of an I ,or MO hour, agitate him, lilt that it ...mild all s.it,• . :.!e Avid. I toisiler•dmid that w 3• the ca-e w lira ft.r• Kier recu%eriv”, for u time ; I dill not learn alien it erasoil ; I die) not see the Ding id any of his ill - slier lie had been ftVClarCit 1;111tC well ; I omiendood it did out list tL rte a m o ot; tan, or s few weeks: but I poly biwak feud hear say in flat revert. Q. Their. in fact, you craved to vi.il the ill kW former titacarra, after tee 16.14 declared gone Yes. Q. And you have heard that, subsi-reuent to that declaration, there were occasional parinif,lll.l of the disorder, though slight and short ?—A. They could hartAy he called paroxysm. ; it aas more a kirry of inioner than soy tlin.g e 1..; as I understood from those who sew His Mil roy, Q. Were you a party to the deelaratinn, in the three former tlliiesee4. that the Kiwi per. fectly well ?—A. Nut in the three farmer nt. stances: at the time that I dreier. el the king to he well, in the year MO. I then thought the King well ; that we% I think, Ili the beg • gof March 1789. (j. Wen yon a party to the declaration. that the King was perfectly well in 17119 ?—A. I was. Q. I:, 1801, were you a party to the declare. tiou that the. King was perfectly well ?--st. No; in ism, after thy King was so much better, that the Bulletins erased in the morning, I withdrew the Knig was Acing th.vt to hew ; and I thought the King Rao au well, I did not apprehend it to he net y for in, to attend auk hunger. The King had ',Lip..., I understood. at Kew ; but I did not see Inns in that 'eloper. Q. Can yea re_oll.ct the date of els I.iin Bole letin that was signed by sou in the year Nwi A. No, I have no memorandum of it. Q. Who were the Medical attendants upon The King, on his relapse at Kew in NW—A. 1 beliki, the late Dr. Osborne, and Dr. John and Dr. Ro bert Willis. Ido not know whether Mr. Unwise might see him ; but they were the ohly Physicians attending line at that filer. 44. IVere Son • piety to the deelaratinn, that tie King wa. pt erectly we l l, 16 the year 18:4 A. Ye', I Olio!: I was at that time. Q. 11 . .5s Cl. r« any rel Apse after that declare. tion, in that .1111. %—A. Not any. that I wader. stood ; I did not I=re His Majesty after that; but I never heard of 411 y afiarwards. Q. When you withdrew in the year 1501, was it in consequence of any dollen:nee of option with the other blesli...sl attendants'—A. Nose iu the world ; it was merely because 1 thought that the King was a great deal (setter. and that toy attend ance was tio longer nrce•saiy at that time. Q. You have meationel th- King's competency to husinews, ist the intervals pessods of flurries which may occur r the disease has in a great measure ceased ; during tho-e periods of flurry, do you think that the King would be competent to transact any bit.issess, public Or private?—A. 1 cannot answer that question from tin• own know ledge; but what 1 usislerstood was this, that if the King was, from any little oti t is:sit:on. tither in a flurry, if he was told that there was any business to transact, it cumin:no-4 hiss directly: that was the testimony that was given to me by *evert' persons who saw him at the tin e. Q. W iin were the p• rsons who gave you that testimony I cannot tell exactly now; it was those who were nhotit him at the time ; I think I herd lininethirg of that kind from Dr. Illeherdesi. but 1 du not mean to rely upon my quetait m. Q. In 1801 there was it relepoe2—A. Yes. fiat atter the considete recoveries its 1789 and 1404, those flurries occurred I did n ot understand users was any relapse to the tir,t illness, nor in 1804. 1 believe. as far as 1 eau recollect, eaten ilia whole together. that Wise.. was shorter than that of the year 1788 and 17a9 ; even teking its the period of the relapse. the whole of the attack was shorter, Imams, its 1788 the imenpland commenced in October. and we did not declare the King well till the beginning of March. Iu 1891, it commenced in February ; tad 1 think the King was well before the end of M iy, and that includes the period of relapse. Q. At the time you ceased to attend the king in 1801, was there any declaration made. that he was completely recovered ?—A. No declaration was then made that he was completeiy recovered. I do not recollect what the last bulletin was ; bat I know that I thought the King so well. that I could take my leave lit him with propriety; and 1 did it ; seem:: the Ktn. gettinv. beret, and nu leratimiling that he wise 11011i11.aing to Kew. I thou .ht that it eimild have a good istopearaiace so Vie public that I had withdrawn; that it is,oiht he a contirtnatiou to the politic that the Kiln: :V.V.:114 well. 9. Did you esteem the King well at the tine you withdrew your ftliellll once toiviii --A. I shon:d rather think that I d d think hiiii well at that mite; I thought hi:a so nearly so, that 1 could very safely withdraw. Q. You wished she pmhlie to naders.und, frori pear wiihdraiviii: from attentla.:ce. that the Kalil( was ?—A. I wished so. because 1 thought so inveelf. ltot Ido not recollect the ins c.oe terms of the last Wile:is; but I aro sure I 'sever signed any lbw; that 1 did nst think. Q. The Committee is to understand, that the complete recovery of the King is the same as the coutplato recovery of any other person of the same &warder. to be intrissted with any thiiig he nosy have to transact, whether virblie or private think so. Q. There is na difference, in yottr ev.imatiow, bet.vei u the movery of the King and 1114 of say other person?—A. NOM., in toy Q. I. the present age ..1 Flit :Majesty likely more to off. ct the duration of his illness, than him age at the respective period s of his f o r mer a tt ac k s of this flounder P....As I can only answer that question by saying, that age seems to have made very few de predations upon His Maje,ty. He is aropurently younger and stronger titan teeny per.ons much younger then himself; and therefore mutt is better able to resist the effect of divest,, than several per. sous younger than hitnself would he. Q. Yau will, in your answer, compare His Ma. jriity, not with other 'masons, but with hitnelf only. Dar' his ',resent mgt., inure or less, affect the probability of the duration of the disorder, then his atfe at cor former pri.torlii of %wail ?—A. I should that it MOW lIIVN •n•i , C ttritet ; though I .!..) not ,cc tiirt he has at present out:tura front 1115 ngl.. Q. At the peria.l of HU Majesty's former at tack, in is . :)4, was Ili, Majesty's sight *4 much af fected as it is a! present A. No ; I slid cot ob serve that His Majesty had soy detect of sight et whet peritwl, Q. Is pis Niests's ight sow become eery de fective t--A. Very defective. Q. is that deft., tof sight likely to have soy in fluence troop His Majesty's ultimate recovery from the &seat?, or likely to have any iiiesieuce upon the duration of the disorder, supposing him mitt. lamely to recover?—A. Doting a certain period of the disease, and under certain eircumstatictie, his being blind is either a beneficial circumstance, because it iatercepta SO M e sources of irritation; but I at another period of the discos., it will be adverse to him, li-couse it also intercepts souse sources of i ainutentent. Q. Compiiting. then. the different tendencies of the defectiveness of lilts Majesty's sight, do you. upon the %hole, conclude that the defect of soot is favourable or unfavourable to the ultimate reco very of His Majesty. or tends to shorten or to pro. long the duration of his illness, supposing him ul timately to recover ?—A. That is a question lean hardly make up my mind to : I see it operate some times for his benefit ; and there are times wnea I think that the low of sight will be a grievance. by preventing the amusing hum and abstracting him from himself : hut what effect it 0111 have upon the pro.ractlng or accelerating hit recovery, is a great d- a l snore than I can give a definitive answer to. Q. 13 persons labouring under the disease sin. der which His Majesty now utifortnnstely labour., do sot the persons attendiug them. address ttcir ofmeteistee• Itruf •ntann 'r. any runia aeb ,, ranch to the eiklitrte arta ted pertota).....k. .nOdoubteally. Q. Does not the eye afFonl, ti the wp m tending persona allicted NM I-1 s Miraty its perfect stafrOl mein* of control uvrr the ed p t nou N—AC: 1 Karr undreamed that some (hat arc 'been produced, but I vo euot rot Kw any remarkable instance of it. Q. Was not Dr. Samisen,' csllyd in to a the King at the commineement of his prru, new f—A. I understood lie was; but that w, fore I was there. Q. He did no: cantilme in that attends!,,, A. lie did slot see the Q. Are you snore or less sansraine in yno r of the King soltimat• recovery, that. you a ~ you wrrr rtimiwed before she Pr ty Cculki A. lam not ler' asnsuisseuf his Ult,uo i t r ~„ than I WC: then. Q. Have you experienced any cliosppetito4 in the expectations you ent..rtairo4l atbn An a extinsined before 14r Privy C..uncil as to jesty'a recovery, NO to the t u.. of it ?--A. I jrxty's relapse. after the exatntartion of the PI timid before the Privy Coup. tl, certainly us. and put the prospect of Itotnerhate rtrot.l a greater dibtaner. but I du not think of Win recovery. _ . Q. Are you of opinion, that a proton, h had, with an interval of several y:•er., repfti tacks of this malady, is on the Nit stack or less 'likely to recover, than a person e h, 1 , lava so previously subject to attack ?—A. rather think that the circumstance of his harm well before, from 'tar attacks, it • Istio4 of hope that hie will froin this. Q. Does advanced age. coupled with prioi tacks of the some d,w►drr with which 114 jetty ja wow afflicted. make any differetry calculation. as to the probability or his tec —A. It would in any other am; hot the.ii .err.-iliiiig ►o peculiar in the King's. 1 do thiiik it has eJtaketi our cocflilence. Q. Wuot are the pet olialioes which lake Kii,g's ease edt of your general elnetraticas ? Those tircomotaucea lu which I hire alluded fere, the biy,Tcor 4.f ceriaiu &vulvas of mind. and %Moe briug no walk of fatuity a..A 11103. Q. Yon hare elated, that you understood Nitre of His Majesty's preenn . malady to boon his atasiett nhunt the Prlncess Amelia; yten bee. informed, *lint were sopittolett tt he Canoes of the attick. Hi s Mfitje.tv had 1101. and Idol; or ahetbt r tin •r attack, wile (erred to any u,n n ciuse?—A. tdo nut knave the Mat actsl was recerrr.l to any known ea 1101 1 did tiorteittland there was a cause; Ii iidt teederstaed that to 1904 there Wit 41.7 Jst'l able caul,. (J. When ton were called in on the 3,1 01: vensbor. did the phcatciaus Oho 1,4(1 %rept prrs•iil )y in attendance irrorot you when the first ryo loin of fits Majesty's isrrseia complaint was served by them they told int on Ott( of October. 0 1 1. Hare *or of Ihr Royal Family *evil Atajestl *ince you hove bt•ou id lutendAnce 0— Q. {last any rectory. other than the Ph qsici and the Aura.Ludt under !het, inspection, AI {tie Thijesty, enc. ynie atletar4tlCe A. The Lord ChAuct•ller we 11:th the dr, bie yrwerd sy. Q. DM the Lord Chancenot apply ti yi 111. k.f. t . yoor Nooks, re to the propriety of tort Lln abje,ty, befole he salt Aim Ver., •• Q. 114,1 any of the Rapti Family obvvina.l applied for permmion , to see 111 Majesty ?.-4 Not thrt we ttuderbtood. Q. Was it with the unanimous concurrence the Physicians, that no injure could arise to Nisi s')'+ teralthi that the Lord Chsticellor w persoitivrt to ser Hi' Majesty the day bet . ore teidAy ?—A. There was nu absolute dissentient there was a di4cussion on the anhject, and then' a • doubt on swoe of our mind.. whether it siouhl him good or ,e him; hut Hie Mojeoy brun informed the Chaucel:or was to be there, an it IR ea then decided amongst us, th4t as that a the case, and he seemed to have made up his min to the seeing the Chanrellor, there was More chaas of irritation by preventing it, than there was by ti Chntiretlor's seeing him; and therefore the Chan senor .ate hint with the ussasiiisions coactirreuce e all, after that discussion. Q. By whom was His Majesty informed, di , the Chancellor would be these. end ws th,it info tuition gives to His Mop sty with the knowleifo and consent el all the Phyineimis in attei.,!dixe ?- A. I believe Sir Henry HI dford was the post wbn informed His Majesty the Chancellor was I be them. Q. With the knowledge and concnrrencr of a the Pliyiiiciatte?—sit. Not at the Lime: Sir Wu lielford was elope with the King at the time told him, and redid sot hest of it till afterwrd 14. Then the day heftier yesterday, in roe. (pence of such info•nrtion conveyed to His 51 jesty. you and the other Physicians lied nous but choice of evils to choose from ; that wan, wheth be would he ;restated by seeing him, or more in toted by not seeing him P—A. That Was not e. stilly the case; we had some hopes thst seeing a• Chancellor might give the King more self.po ,4 ✓ oot, said 1 110 not know thst it 4111 not for s till bectiose. we had known before former ihileor that it had dune so. Bat tbere wee no evil to I apprehended frotu it, except there might have t • little momentaty anxiety about the King. W doubted whether it would be right or nut, in diseemiou among ourselves ; host there was nothii. of clash or of opposition of sentiment ; it was temperate discussion ; there was no dissentient all ; it was mat appeheuded that it was a choice d two rolle. Q. Had you love esesalted by Sir Henry Hslholl, wltt Hier he should soform Hr Najeaty, 111 the manner he to Ilse th•nrelioe'• attrodmier, would you have agreed His Majesty being tufivroted l--A That vtoutd Lave at entirely on the state in uhiab I uoght bare seen the h:n at dial lime. Q. Have you, *insist the last furlough*, wen the K .sr. any time, Mooch • state, that yds tio;ocist it di- ti Cltaorellor should ~.it him'—.t. I do not ht.., it. 31 should of myself hair inentionti it ; at At *am: al:J.' I .1 °'t k no w that 1 had oily tine to it. Ido not 11-.11 , . .1 ► a..tc Pr:. al Q. H *c o ol h pd bbnArS, Ispr,t,c Q Whlrsty yet.q ~'•a~ :swp ton) 114 5 it's I 10411 Mil at epery en, 61 b; 1 Ihill VII I 1114 ,, tie lial Ile!r 4. On Fe ►4 H, let