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London, England, 1810-12-19 00:00:00

ON THE STATE OF

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

LAID-BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON HONDA IN)

The Committee appointed to examine the Phy-
sicians who have attended his Majesty during his
illness, touching the state of his Majesty's health,
a. d to report such examination to the House, have,
pursuant to the order of the House, proceeded to
examine the said Physician; which examination
is as follows;

VENERIS, 14 DIE DECENIBRIE, 1810.

Dr. H. REVELL REYNOLDS, called in, and

examined.

QuEsTioN.—ls the state of his Majesty's health
sue h, as to render him incapable of coining in per- •
son to his Parliament, or of attending to any
of public business ?---19.;qswEtt.—Certainly, he is
incapable.
Q. What are-the hopes you entertain of his Ma-
jesty's recovery ?—A. I stilt entertain very confident
hopes of his Majesty's recbvery.
0..—D0 you tou:ld the opinion, given in your
answer to the previous question, upon the particular,
symptoms, of his Majesty's disorder; or, upon ge-
neral-experience-in other cases of the same nature ;
or upon both I—A. Upon both ; and for this rea-
son : With respett to the particular symptoms of his
Majesty, they are favourable, from the circumstances
of the soundness of.his constitution, preserved by
simple and temperate diet, and the regular habits ot
his life; and also because his memory is as strong
-and as correct as ever it was, his perceptions as
acute, (his-judgment is perverted, and he has lost
his discretion at present) ; and also because I have
seen his Majesty recover from three attacks of the
same disease, m .some paris of which I think he
has been even worse than he is at present.

Q Whether, in that particular species of the dis •
order hi 4 Majesiv his taiien lino, it has.been found,
trona expelience, that the greater number of per-
-S)U so.',.ffeJleci, have. bee,i cured.—A. I believe,
lu:di tie gie.tt• number.
Q. Can you form any judgment, or probable
col,jecture, ot- the duration of Majesty's
—A No, I callow : Our hopes and expectations of
i spee.:y recovery ha'e tutted with the tluCtua-
.lonsof his .Majesty's cot-Yu:Writ ; but nothing has
•it .e• to prevt-nteu me from thinking tavourauly of
ihe • 1 snare termimition of the disease.
Q. As fdr as experience enables you to judge, do
yo v think it more probable that his Majesty will, or
will not recover, so as to-render.hiut capalakof at-

tending to public business ?—A. Ye,, I have no
doubt ; there is such an integrity of mind abotit. his
Majesty, that when once Ins abeirations are gone,
Int wihleeover perf424.-Ily ; how soon, it is impossible
fOr Die to say. I suppose SOllle vestiges (); com-
plaint may remain when the princiral part of the
•distuse shall be removed ; but I
,have no doubt of
his being able to discharge his functions jiist as veil
as ever. ,
. .

Q. What degree of experience have you had,
yourself, in this particular species of disorder ?—A.
ItY the creme of upwards of forty years practice, I
have seen several instances of it ; raaey.
Q. Has any amendment already taken place in
the course of . his Majesty's disorder, and does the
appearance of such amendment continue at pre-
seot ;--A. There hare been fluduations; his Ma-
jesty has sometimes been better, and sometimes
again he has been worse ; there . have been pa-
roxysms; there have been tittles when be has been
apparently going on well, and then something sud-
denly has thrown him back : Amendment has cer-
-tainly taken place, . but then it has
.been transient,
and he has been a little worse twain, and then he has
been better again. He is much better now than he
was at seve al periods of the disease.
Q. What is the state of his Majesty's disorder at
present, as compared with what it was when you
were .examined before the Privy Council?--A.
perceive
..but very little'diffireuce from what it was
at that time.
.11 Can you ascribe his Majesty's disorder to any
particular cause understand that it came on
ttom the anxiety of his mind upon the illness of
dauebtei, the Princess Amelia; I believe there
can be no .doubt of that e.ttrose, Gentlemen who.
were in attendance upon here I beneve, will „Sit, isty
the commiitee upon tiert subject ; but tom their
report; I have no doubt it originated from that
cause. •
Q. When were you first called in ?—A.. On the
3d of November.
Q. Who were tbePhy/sicians in attendance at
the tine you were eaired in ?—A. Dr. Heberden,
Sir Henry, fialturd, and Dr.
Q. Were they the only Physiciaus in attend-
ance ?—A. Tirey- were.
Q. Was there anKothee confidential Medical per-
son in attendince at the same: time Not as :the

time. I went. -
Q, Who are the Physicians in attendance now ?
—A. In addition to those Gentlemen, and Myself,
Dr. R ,bert Willis.
Q.When was Dr. Robert Willis carledin ?—A.
To the,best of my. recollection, on* Tuesday the 6th
of November, in the evening.
Q. Is there any other confidential Medical person,
now in Attendance, besides the Physicians
Mr, Dundas has attended his Majesty : Mr. BatLs-
comb is his Apothecary, and, of course, is there
occesionally ; but thew is no other Medical

person.
Q. Have you had opportunities o► seeing the
King, from time to time, since' your attendance