How the Fatal Illness of Frederick the Noble Affected an Anglo-American Friendship: Unpublished Letters from Dr Morell Mackenzie to Dr Robert Myles

A promising M.D. Daily Democrat (Natchez), 8 September 1887: p. 2, cols 4–5

Obituary. Myles Robert Cunningham . Trans Am Laryngol Assoc 1937; 53: 281–3

New York Academy of Medicine [NYAM], MS 111, Mackenzie, (Sir) Morell, 1837–1892. Letter signed, addressed to David Bryson Delavan. London, 3 June 1887

Bardeleben A Bergmann E Bramann W Gerhardt C Kussmaul A Landgraf Schmidt M Schrotter L Tobold A Waldeyer W. The Illness of the Emperor Frederick the Third. An Authentic Record Derived from Official Sources ( Bergmann E , Ed.). Berlin: R v. Decker, 1888: 10

Mackenzie M. The Fatal Illness of Frederick the Noble. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888: 31

Ibid.: 48

Lancet, 11 July 1887; ii: 133–4

Mackenzie M (op. cit. ref. 5): 53

Myles RC . Some new forms of electrodes for intra-laryngeal use. Medical Record, 19 November 1887: 664–5

Mackenzie M (op. cit. ref. 5): 53

Daily Democrat (op. cit. ref. 1)

The National Register of Archives (London) indexes two repositories of Mackenzie papers: the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London) and the Churchill Archives (Cambridge University). Neither repository holds material related to Myles

NYAM, MS 692, Mackenzie (Sir) Morell, 1837–1892. Five letters with three envelopes addressed to Robert C Myles. London, 1887–9, Potsdam, 1888

Sir Morell Mackenzie and his hospital. Pall Mall Gazette, 8 July 1889: p. 6, col. 1

Irving Henry Mr. . The Times, 21 October 1887: p. 8, col.d

Myles RC . Letter to the Editor. The Times, 22 October 1887: p. 8. cols a,b

F.R.C.S. Letter to the Editor. The Times, 20 October 1887: p. 10, col. f

The Crown Prince and his medical advisers. Medical Press and Circular, 26 October 1887; ii: 407

The German Crown Prince. The Times, 4 November 1887: p. 5, col. d

Ponsonby F. Sir The Letters of the Empress Frederick. London: Macmillan, 1928: 251

Mackenzie M (op. cit. ref. 5): 64

Ibid.: 69

Bardeleben A , (op. cit. ref. 4): 44

Mackenzie M (op. cit. ref. 5): 72

NYAM, RB Q 5891. The Prince's doom. Indianapolis News, 22 November 1887

Bardeleben A , (op. cit. ref. 4): see list of authors

Myles RC . Letter to the Editors. New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal 1887; 15: 287–9

Shrady George Frederick . In: Malone D , Ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935: vol. 17, p. 132

Shrady GF . Editorial. Medical Record, 19 November 1887: 654

Bosworth Francke Huntington . In: Johnson A , Ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929: vol. 2, pp. 466–7

Reuter's Agency telegram, Berlin. The Times, 14 March 1888: p. 5, col. b

A visit to Sir Morell Mackenzie. Pall Mall Gazette, 14 May 1888: 1–3

Germany. The Times, 1 June 1888: p. 9, col. b

Kohut TA . Wilhelm II and the Germans: A Study in Leadership. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991: 98

NYAM, MS 693, Mackenzie, Sir Morell. 1837–1892. Copy of proposed letter (with envelope, concerning the illness of the Emperor Frederick). Potsdam, May 1888

Nichols A. The Year of the Three Kaisers: Bismarck and the German Succession 1887–88. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987: 337

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NYAM (op. cit. ref. 35)

Back to England once more. Pall Mall Gazette, 10 July 1888: 5

The illness of the Emperor Frederick. The Times, 11 July 1888: p. 9, cols e,f

Sir Morell Mackenzie and the German doctors. The Times, 16 July 1888: p. 9, col. d

Who killed the Emperor? Pall Mall Gazette, 13 October 1888: p. 1, col. 1

Shrady GF . Editorial. Medical Record, 20 October 1888: 482–4

Sir Morell Mackenzie and the Royal College of Physicians. Lancet, 1 December 1888; ii: 1086

Sir Morell Mackenzie censured. Pall Mall Gazette, 11 January 1889: 4

Obituary: Sir Morell Mackenzie. British Medical Journal, 13 February 1892; i: 362–3

NYAM (op. cit. ref. 35)

For genuine examples of Mackenzie's handwriting we used the originals of letter three and of his letter to Cook⁵¹. The letter from Mackenzie to Delavan³ is a good example of an entire letter written and signed, we believe, not by Mackenzie but by his private secretary

NYAM, RB Q 5891. Says Mackenzie was right. New York World, 15 July 1888

NYAM, MS 1110, Sasse, Moritz, d. 1905. Autograph letter signed, addressed to Robert C Myles. London, 5 September 1887

Mackenzie M. Letter to Cook, 27 May 1888. Library, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London

Mackenzie M. Letter to Dr. McCall Anderson, 10 June 1888. In: Haweis HR . Sir Morell Mackenzie. London: Allen, 1893: 375–6

NYAM (op. cit. ref. 49)

Wolfenden RN . Sir Morell Mackenzie M.D. J Laryngol Rhinol Otol 1892; 6: 95–108

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Personal intelligence, Platt Edith G.R. Miss . New York Times, 4 June 1891: p. 5, col. 4