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Collection	The papers of Princess Charlotte of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/50067-50068
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Doctor's report detailing the circumstances of the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales; with an additional statement by Dr. John Sims
Date	9 November 1817
Writer	Baillie, Matthew, Doctor (1761-1823); physician in ordinary to Princess Charlotte of Wales
	Croft, Richard, Sir, 6th Baronet (1762-1818); physician to George III
	Sims, John (1749-1831); physician
Description	Details the justification of not using instruments to deliver the child; removal of the afterbirth [placenta]; and efforts to reanimate the still-born child. [In the hands of Dr. Matthew Baillie and Dr. John Sims.]
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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Publications	Part published in Vincent Corbett "A Royal Catastrophe: The death in childbirth of the Princess Charlotte of Wales" (Broadway, 1985)
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