DU PONT, -

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- DU PONT

Biography


Name	DU PONT (DUPONT, PONT)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical surgeon (Surgeon. BSC 1630)
Period of medical practice	1620-1640
Place of birth	Frenchman
Address	Lincoln's Inn 1630
Other notes	Fined 1630. BSC were recommended by the Privy Council to accept Du P, but rejected him.

Known London address


	Lincoln's Inn
Date	1630

Censorial hearings


	4 June 1630
Entry	Du P, of Lincoln's Inn, was accused by Francisca Hogg of giving her mercurial and other powders, causing much ills. Mary Newton accused him of the same offence, for 50s., & said that one Mrs Nightingale had lost all her teeth because of Du P's remedies.
Initiator of the complaint	patient
Second initiator of the complaint	patient
Action taken	See next. (To reappear.)
Number of crimes	3
	11 June 1630
Entry	Edwards, of Drury Lane, accused Du P of giving his wife a suffumigation of mercury, which caused fainting, the falling out of her teeth, and general illness. Dr Cadyman & the Queen's French physician had to be summoned. Du P had eluded arrest and was absent.
Initiator of the complaint	spouse of the patient
Second initiator of the complaint	college member
Third initiator of the complaint	other medical practitioner
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	Fined £20 in his absence.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined £20
Number of crimes	1

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