From Thomas Beddoes to the Secretary at War   12 November 1808

12 Nov. 1808

To the right Honourable the Secretary at War

Dr Beddoes desires to add two sentences to his former paper.

The class of patients need not be mentioned; & as no body will know they are soldiers, no scandal can be given

The inspector of this district has from every regimental surgeon a case & disposition of every soldier who dies. If these papers so far as the practice extends in all the military districts of the kingdom & he was allowed to receive & return them post free, all difficulty w^d be overcome –

Dr Beddoes must add that this is written with the hand of a sick man –