Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson

by William Beatty

E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE
OF THE DEATH OF
LORD NELSON:

WITH

THE CIRCUMSTANCES PRECEDING, ATTENDING, AND
SUBSEQUENT TO, THAT EVENT;

THE PROFESSIONAL REPORT

ON HIS LORDSHIP'S WOUND,
AND SEVERAL INTERESTING ANECDOTES .

BY WILLIAM BEATTY, M.D.

Surgeon to the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar,
and now Physician to the Fleet under the Command
of the Earl of St. Vincent, K.B. &c. &c. &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY T. DAVISON, WHITE-FRIARS;
FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.
1807.