The Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq. London: Printed by T. Gardner? 1746. [Bound with:]DOUGLAS, William. A Letter to Dr Thomson, in answer to the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq. London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1746. [And:]CAMPBELL, J. A Letter from J. Campbell, M.D. a physician in the country, to his friend in the town, occasion?d by the case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winington, Esq lately publish?d by Thomas Thomson, M.D. London: Printed for L. Raymond, and sold by A. More? 1746. [And:]ANONYMOUS. The genuine Tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, Treasurer to the army of the emperor of China, before the great council of Mandarines. Tak. This item is unavailable.
Published by London: Printed for M. Cooper?, 1746
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Seller: Nigel Phillips ABA ILAB, Chilbolton, United KingdomNigel Phillips ABA ILAB
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4 works in 1 volume, 8vo. 1: 24 pages, with a half-title. 2: 27 pages. 3: 42 (i.e. 24] pages, with a half-title. 4: 1 leaf, pp. 5?29. Blue sugar-paper over boards (modern binding using contemporary materials). Fine copies. Thomas Winnington (1696?1746), when not engaged with his political career, led a life of gallantry and was lavish in his expenditure, often as a result of his relationship with his mistress, Viscountess Townshend. ?With a promising political career and vigorous social life ahead of him, Winnington died suddenly on 23 April 1746 as a result of excessive purging and bleeding by his doctor, Thomas Thomson, undertaken as treatment for a rheumatic fever which had begun earlier in the month. The notoriety of the case produced a number of pamphlets, from J. Campbell, William Douglas, and Thomson himself? (ODNB). Of these, only the work by Douglas went to a second edition, in the same year. In the final one, Dr. Nosmoth is Thomas Thomson and Mandarin Tonwin is Thomas Winnington; unsurprisingly this one was published anonymously as accusing a physician of murder is strong stuff.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq. London: Printed by T. Gardner? 1746. [Bound with:]DOUGLAS, William. A Letter to Dr Thomson, in answer to the Case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq. London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1746. [And:]CAMPBELL, J. A Letter from J. Campbell, M.D. a physician in the country, to his friend in the town, occasion?d by the case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winington, Esq lately publish?d by Thomas Thomson, M.D. London: Printed for L. Raymond, and sold by A. More? 1746. [And:]ANONYMOUS. The genuine Tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, Treasurer to the army of the emperor of China, before the great council of Mandarines. Tak
- Author
- THOMSON, Thomas.
- Publisher
- London: Printed for M. Cooper?
- Publication year
- 1746