City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Eighteenth
day of January 1770 at the Parish of St. Martins
in the Fields within the Liberty of Westmr in
the County of Middlesex upon an Inquisition
touching the Death of John Saunders< no role > lying
dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.

Abraham Scott< no role > Journeyman to Mr. Seymour an
Apothecary in Jermyn Street St. James , on his Oath
saith That on the Tenth day of this Instant January he
came to sea the Deced and found him insensible, and
appeared to bedying from a great Oppression of his
Lungs, and difficulty of Breathing, Says that he
Blistered the Deced and treated him as he would
have done any other Person whose Lungs were desired
Says that Dr. Huck attended the Deced twice and
prescribed medicines similar to those which Dept.
had before Administered and Blistering, by which [..] [..] which
broughtthe Deced was brought to his Senses, when he complained
of a difficulty in breathing. Says that he attended
the Deced to the time of his Death which happened
last Saturday, and this Dept. says that he verily
believes the Deced's Death was natural

Abraham Scott< no role >

Benjamin Clarke< no role > a Surgeon in Jermyn Street
on his Oath saith, That he this day opened the Body of
the Deced, and observed that he had a natural bad
found Chest, the Sides being near or to each other than
usual, Says that on opening the Chest he found the
Lungs connected by Membranks adhesion almost
every where to the inside of the Chest, the Substance
of