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Stephenson gives an account of a pin which was finally voided by the bladder after forty-two years' sojourn in a lady's body. On November 15, 1802, the celebrated Dr. Lettsom spoke of an old lady who sat on a needle while riding in a hackney coach; it passed from the injured leg to the other one, whence it was extracted.
I sent my letter of introduction to Dr. Lettsom with a request that he would call on me, which he did and prescribed a medicine which cured me in an hour or two, and this evening I feel well enough to resume my letter. "Dr. Lettsom is a very singular man. He looks considerably like the print you have of him. He is a moderate Quaker, but not precise and stiff like the Quakers of Philadelphia.
Prepares to sail with Allstons for England. Letters of introduction from his father. Disagreeable stage-ride to New York. Sails on the Lydia. Prosperous voyage. Liverpool. Trip to London. Observations on people and customs. Frequently cheated. Critical time in England. Dr. Lettsom. Sheridan's verse. Longing for a telegraph. A ghost
This tract, worthy of its well-informed and able author, was published along with his Catalogue of North American Animals. The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion. By J.C. Lettsom, M.D. London, 1799 8vo. Analysis of the Natural Classification of Mammalia, for the Use of Travellers. Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, for the Use of Travellers.
The cheering sound of 'Dinner is upon the table, dissolved his reverie, and we ALL sat down without any symptom of ill humour. There were present, beside Mr. Wilkes, and Mr. Arthur Lee, who was an old companion of mine when he studied physick at Edinburgh, Mr. Lettsom, and Mr. Slater the druggist. Mr. Wilkes placed himself next to Dr.
Lettsom mentions the circumstance "as being to the honor of the medical professors, that they have very generally encouraged this salutary practice, although it is certainly calculated to lessen their pecuniary advantages by its tendency to extirpate a fertile source of professional practice."
Now, to assign his birth to that year would make him only eighty-seven years old when he died; but Dr. Lettsom, in "a letter on prisons," in the Gentleman's Magazine, Vol.
Paints "Landing of the Pilgrims." Prepares to sail with Allstons for England. Letters of introduction from his father. Disagreeable stage-ride to New York. Sails on the Lydia. Prosperous voyage. Liverpool. Trip to London. Observations on people and customs. Frequently cheated. Critical time in England. Dr. Lettsom. Sheridan's verse. Longing for a telegraph. A ghost Benjamin West.
Lettsom, who, by the way, resided in Camberwell Grove, Surrey, in the house said to have belonged to the uncle of George Barnwell. Now, it should be borne in mind that Mr.
The cheering sound of 'Dinner is upon the table, dissolved his reverie, and we all sat down without any symptom of ill humour. There were present, beside Mr. Wilkes, and Mr. Arthur Lee, who was an old companion of mine when he studied physick at Edinburgh, Mr. Lettsom, and Mr. Slater the druggist. Mr. Wilkes placed himself next to Dr.
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