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| Mr. Edwards, Surgeon at Putney |
It appears William Pitt's last prescription was written out on January 21, 1806 - two days before his death. A 'Mr. Edwards, Surgeon at Putney' was involved in Pitt's case, along with Sir Walter Farquhar (Pitt's usual physician from the mid-1790s onwards), Matthew Baillie (a nephew of the Hunter family), and Henry Revell Reynolds.
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| William Pitt's last prescription, Jan. 21, 1806 |
Sadly, this concoction did not succeed in restoring Pitt's rapidly deteriorating health, and he succumbed on the morning of 23 January 1806 at the age of only 46.
Source:
Pitt MSS. Rubenstein Rare Books and Manuscripts Room. Duke University, North Carolina.
