From my own experience, with regard to his majefty, I cannot fay any thing; but from a very particular detail of his mode and manner of life for twenty-feven years, I do imagine, that weighty business, fevere exercise, and too great abftemiousness, and little reft, has been too much for his constitution.—It is very early to give an opinion, and I may be mistaken; but I am the more inclined to think myfelf right, because the medicine that has been given his majesty ever fince Sunday morning, and was intended to meet and counteract those causes, has had as much effect as I could with; and his majefty has certainly been gradually better from the firft fix hours of his taking it.

Whether you have reafon to believe, that the circumftances you have enumerated are frequently causes of this disorder?

I believe they are very frequently.

Where the diforder has arifen from fuch caufes, have you frequently known it cured?

What hopes has Doctor Gisborne of his majefty's recovery?

I think there are hopes.

Can Dr. Gisborne form any judgement, or probable conjecture, of the time which his majesty's illness is likely to laft?

I think that is impoffible.

What degree of experience has Dr. Giborne had of the particular fpecies of diforder with which his majefty is afflicted?

Not much particular experience. I have feen perfons affected in the fame way, even to a greater degree, who have recovered.

Whether Dr. Gisborne founds his opinion, in his anfwer to the fecond queftion, upon the particular fymp toms of his majesty's cafe, or upon his experience of the diforder in general, or upon both?

Upon both.

Whether, in his majesty's diforder, Dr. Gisborne fees any prefent figns of convalescence?

I think that can hardly be faid.

Whether Dr. Gisborne can align any known caufe to which, in his judgement, his majesty's prefent diforder is referrible?

No.

or fome other causes.

in, and examined.

Whether, in your opinion, the

and examined.

Whether, in his opinion, the ftate of his majefty's health is, or is not, fuch as to render his majefty incapable of coming to parliament, or of attending to public bufinefs?

I think he is abfolutely incapable.

not, fuch as to render his majesty incapable either of coming to parliament, or of attending to public bufinefs?

I think he is incapable, at leaft he was when I faw his majefty laft. It was about a week ago.

What hopes has Dr. Addington of his majesty's recovery? I think

I think there are very good grounds of hope.

Can Dr. Addington form any judgement, or probable conjecture, of the time which his majefty's illnefs is likely to laft?

It is a very hard matter to form any certain judgement or conjecture. What degree of experience has Dr. Addington had of the particular fpecies of diforder with which his majefty is afflicted?

I had patients, in a houfe that I built at Reading, for five years antecedent to the year 1754, when I came to London.

Do you found your opinion, in your anfwer to the fecond queftion, upon the particular fymptoms of his majefty's cafe, or upon your experience of the diforder in general, or upon both?

I think there is fome reafon to found it upon fymptoms, as well as experience. Though I have feen his majefty very unquiet, it did not arife to that degree of inquietude which denoted a difeafe that would be of very long duration. I thought there was fomething in the very habit of body, as well as in his majefty's complexion, and in what had been his way of life, that was very favourable to a cure. Where there is not a very great exertion of body or mind, perfons who have lived in the way his majefty has done, are very rarely liable to this illnefs. From the account I had from my brethren, who had the honour to attend his majefty, I had very great expectations that it would end happily, from this circumftance -that it had not for its forerunner that melancholy which ufually precedes a tedious illness of this fort. I never knew an inflance of an illnefs, that, under proper care, run to

any great length, which had not been fo preceded.-As for experience, I have vifited a confiderable number of patients in that disease, in and round Reading.-Finding they could not be taken fo much care of as they ought to be in their houses, and that I might be as little interrupted as poffible in the prac tice of other branches of my profeffion, I built a houfe, contiguous to my own, for the reception of fuch patients.-I vifited them there conftantly every day. I had from eight to ten patients there ufually at a time. During that time, two patients were admitted, who were reasonably deemed to be incurable at the time of their coming, and for years before. During the charge of my patients, for five years toge ther, at that houfe, I never had more than two other patients that were not cured within the year, and continued well, as far as ever I knew. Some recovered in much fhorter time; and I had feveral that were quite well within a quarter of a year. If any of thofe perfons had relapfed, I believe, from the partial opinion of their families, I fhould have heard of it. Where there is a relapfe, I should not call it a perfect cure.

What ftate of the patients did Dr. Addington confider as a cure?

When the patient was able to do every thing that a man in health does.

What were the particular circumftances of the two patients before mentioned by Dr. Addington, which occafioned their being deemed incurable?

One of those persons had been for many years under the care of a very fkilful phyfician, in a houfe for the reception of patients under this dif [7] 3

order.

order. It was a cafe that was different from all others with which I have been acquainted, both in the caufe, and in the circumftances which preceded and attended it. The other was a patient who, I believe, had been ill very many years; fhe had been for fome time under the care of an eminent phyfician, who wished her to be put into a house where he might be taken care of for life; fhe was atrabilious in the highest degree, and died, from the effects of that diforder, in about a week.

Whether the majority of the patients under your care were men or women?

I think nearly equal.

Whether Dr. Addington profeffed to take, and did in fact take, all patients that were offered him?

I had not always room. I excluded none on account of the nature of the diforder.

What has been Dr. Addington's attendance on his majesty?

I faw his majefty for three days fucceffively, and for twice each day for a contiderable time.

Whether, during the time of that attendance, he obferved any figns of actual convalefcence in his majefty?

No.

Whether, from your own obfervation, or from the particulars which have been communicated to you, you can align any known caufe to which, in your judgement, his majefty's diforder is refertible?

I cannot pretend to say what the caufe was, either from what I faw, or what was communicated to me. I do not choose to hazard a conjecture.

Sir Lucas Pepys called in, and examined.

ftate of his majesty's health is such as to render his majefty incapable, either of coming to parliament, or of attending to public bufinefs?

The fate of his majefty's health is certainly fuch as to render him incapable of coming to parlia ment, or attending to public bufinefs.

What hopes has Sir Lucas Pepys of his majefty's recovery?

I have the fame hopes of his majefty's recovery, as I fhould have if he were labouring under any other difeafe, of which I knew that the majority labouring under it did recover. That the majority do recover, I am fatisfied from my own experience, and from the allurance of a perfon who has moft experience in cafes of this fort.

Can Sir Lucas Pepys form any judgement, or probable conjecture, of the time which his majefty's ill nefs is likely to last?

It is impoffible to form any conjecture on that fubject.

What degree of experience has Sir Lucas Pepys had of the parti cular fpecies of diforder with which his majesty is afflicted?

I have occafionally feen feveral perfons under that diforder, fometimes alone, but more frequently with thofe whofe practice leads them more particularly to attend to it.

Whether, in his majefty's diforder, Sir Lucas Pepys fees any prefent figns of convalefcence?

His majefty is more quiet than he has been; but there are no prefent figns of immediate convaletcence.

Are there any actual fymptoms at prefent, which lead Sir Lucas Pepys to entertain more favourable hopes of his majefty's recovery, than he has hitherto had during his

I think

I think there are very material fymptoms, as his majefty's general ftate of health is certainly much

better than it was.

Is the amendment that has taken place, only in his majefty's general ftate of health, or is there any abatement of his particular diforder?

From his majefty's general ftate of health being better, his fleep is more quiet, his appetite is better, and he is more in his ufual ftate; all which circumstances must previously occur before recovery; but thefe are only leading steps towards recovery-the disorder still remains; it is difficult to fay whether it is actually abated.

What does Sir Lucas Pepys mean by his majefty being more in his ufual ftate?

More quiet, and in a lefs perturbed state.

Whether it is Sir Lucas Pepys's opinion, that there is, or is not, at present any abatement of his majefty's diforder?

I have anfwered it, by faying that it is difficult to fay whether there is any actual abatement, and I wish to explain my meaning in these words. The only way of explaining it is by analogy to fome other complaint. In the cafe of a mortification, where the bark would moft probably effect a cure, I could not fay, during feveral hours after its being taken, whether there was, or was not, any abatement of the mortification: fo, in the cafe of his majefty, I cannot fay whether the return of general health has, or has not, yet produced any actual abatement of the particular diforder; but fuch a return of general good health would lead me to be of opinion that an evident abatement might

be expected. I can, however, say, that no actual evident abatement has yet taken place.

When Sir Lucas Pepys, in his anfwer to the fecond question, states that the majority of perfons, labouring under the fame diforder with his majefty do recover, does he mean to include all the different fpecies of the diforder, or to confine himself to that particular fpecies with which his majefty is af fected?

I mean in that eftimate to speak of the diforder generally, and not fpecially.

Can you affign any known caufe to which, in your judgement, his majefty's prelent diforder is referrible?

I know no evident or affignable caufe.

Is his macy's a frequent fpe

cies of the dion des ?

It is a frequeal fpecies of the dif order.

In this species, do the majority recover?

Certainly, in this fpecies the majority do recover.

Do&or Henry Revel Reynolds call.d. in, and examined.

Whether, in your opinion, the state of his majelty's health is, or is not, fuch as to render his majefty incapable, either of coming to parliament, or of attending to public bufinefs?

His majefty is certainly incapable of it.

What hopes has Doctor Reynolds of his majefty's recovery?

I think there are well-founded hopes of his majefty's recovery. Can Dr. Reynolds form any [ T ] 4 judgement

judgement, or probable conjecture, of the time which his majefty's illuefs is likely to laft? No.

What degree of experience has Dr. Reynolds had of the particular fpecies of diforder with which his majefty is afflicted?

I have been almost twenty years in bufinefs, and in the courfe of that time I have feen a great number under this diforder, both fingly and together with others.

Whether you found your opinion, in your answer to the fecond queftion, upon the particular fyptoms of his majesty's cafe, or upon your experience of the diforder in general, or upon both?

Rather upon general experience; though I think there is nothing peculiar in his majefty's cafe which forbids the prefumption of reco

very.

Whether, in his majesty's dif order, you fee any prefent figns of convalefcence?

I do not fee any prefent figns of convalefcence; though I think his majefty's being quieter, and in a better state of general health, would lead me to hope that it is a step towards it.

Whether Dr. Reynolds learns from experience, that the greater number of perfons afflicted with this diforder have recovered?

The greater number, I think, have recovered.

Whether Dr. Reynolds apprehends, that in calculations founded on general experience, every cure in the fame perfon is included?

I apprehend that it is-they confider every diftant relapse as a new difeafe.

Whether Dr. Reynolds can af fign any known caufe to which, in