Foot, The Death of Mr George Clarke, 1769
An Appeal to the Public, Touching the Death of Mr George Clarke, Who received a Blow at Brentford on Thursday the Eighth of December last, of Which he languished and Died on Wednesday the Fourteenth of the same Month. By John Foot, Surgeon, of Holles=Street, Cavendish-Square. The Third Edition. London: Printed for R. Davis, the Corner of Sackville-Street, Piccadilly. M. DCC. LXIX. (1769).
Later quarter brown leather with red title label and marbled paper over boards. New end papers. Inscription at top of title page in 18th century hand, “Printed by John [uncertain] Esq.” Bound in fours except final signature (G^2). Clean, bright, and tight throughout.
New ffep, title – 51, new rfep.
The surgeon Mr Foot publicly defends his postmortem examination findings and testimony in a homicide trial after a guilty verdict was subsequently pardoned. Mr. Foot disagrees with the grounds for royal pardon. This book gives a fascinating glimpse into the workings of courts, jurisprudence, medicine and surgery, coroner’s inquests, autopsies, and forensic medicine and pathology in 18th century England.
