THE REPORT OF THE Phyſicians and Surgeons, Commanded to aſſiſt At the Diſſecting the Body of His Late Majeſty at Kenſington, March the Tenth MDCCI / II
From the Original delivered to the Right Honorable the Privy Council.
London Printed for John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall. 1702.
THE REPORT OF THE Phyſicians and Surgeons, Commanded to aſſiſt At the DISSECTING The BODY, &c.
[1]IT having pleas'd Almighty God to put an end to the Glorious Life of his Late Majeſty King William III. The Right Honorable the Lord Chamber⯑lain iſſued out his Summons to ſuch Phyſici⯑ans and Surgeons as his Lordſhip thought [2]fit, appointing them to meet at Kenſing⯑ton, and there to Examine by Diſſection into the State and Condition of the Roy⯑al Body. The day after the Diſſection, the ſaid Phyſicians and Surgeons being met together again in order to the forming an account of what they had obſerved, Sir Thomas Millington, Sir Richard Blackmore and Doctor Hannes were deputed as a Committee to draw vp the Report; which they did accordingly. This REPORT was afterwards ſign'd by Them, and by the reſt of the Phyſicians and Surgeons, and is as follows.
1. Surface of the Body. Upon viewing the Body, before Diſſection, the following appearances were remarkable.
The Body in general was much e⯑maciated.
Both the Leggs up to the Knees [3]and a little higher, as alſo the Right Hand and Arm as far as the Elbow were conſiderably ſwell'd.
There was likewiſe on the Left Thigh, near the Hip, a Bladder full of water, as big as a ſmall Pullets Egg, reſembling a Blane.
2. Belly. Upon opening the Belly, the Gutts were found of a Livid Color; and the Blood contain'd in their veſſels, Black.
The Gutt called Ileon had in ſome places the marks of a ſlight Inflam⯑mation.
The Stomach, Pancreas, Meſentery, Liver, Gall-bladder, Spleen, and Kidneys were all ſound and without fault.
3. Cheſt. In the Thorax, or Cheſt, we ob⯑ſerved that the Right ſide of the Lungs adher'd to the Pleura; and the Left, much more: From which, upon ſeparation, there iſſued forth a quantity of purulent or frothy Serum.
[4]The Upper Lobe on the Left ſide of the Lungs, and the part of the Pleura next to it were Inflamed to a degree of Mortification. AND THIS WE LOOK UPON AS THE IMME⯑DIATE CAUSE OF THE KING'S DEATH.
From the Ventricles of the Heart and the Greater Bloodveſſels ariſing out of them, were taken ſeveral large, tough, fleſhlike ſubſtances of the kind call'd Polypus.
The Heart it ſelf was of the ſmal⯑ler ſize; but firm, and ſtrong.
4. Collar Bone. Upon laying bare the Right Collar-Bone, we found it had been broken near the Shoulder; and well ſet. Some extravaſated Blood was lodged above and below the Fracture.
5. Brain. The Brain was perfectly ſound and without any ſign of diſtemper.
[5]6. Maſs of Blood. 'Tis very rare to find a Body with ſo little Blood, as was ſeen in This: there being more found in the Lungs, than in All the Parts, beſides, put together.
- Sir Rich. Blackmore.
- Sir Theod Colladon.
- Doctor Hannes.
- Doctor Harrel.
- Doctor How.
- Doctor Hullen.
- Doctor Laurence.
- Sir Tho. Millington
- Profeſſor Bidloo. &c.
- Mr. Bernard.
- Mr. Cowper.
- Mr. Gardner.
- Mr. Ronjat. &c.
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