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- Title
Ague and the Chevalier: Another Royal Affliction.
- Authors
Roberts, Alasdair
- Abstract
James Francis Edward the son of James II and VII has been overshadowed as a Jacobite claimant to the British crown by his son Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Chevalier. As the Old Chevalier of the 1715 Rising, James was unable to provide leadership which might have saved the campaign. This has been attributed to fever or ague. In fact he was suffering from a long-term anal fistula which was successfully operated upon at Avignon, the papal enclave where James and his followers gathered. Parallels are drawn with the much better known Grand opération for the same condition undergone by James's patron Louis XIV. This helped to maintain the French king's position at home and abroad and raised the professional status of surgeons. Lack of attention to the Chevalier's condition and cure since it came to notice through Scottish writers at the start of last century is discussed.
- Subjects
ABERDEEN (Scotland); EDWARD, James Francis; CHARLES Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788; MALARIA; WOOD, Lawrence; HISTORY
- Publication
Scottish Historical Review, 2018, Vol 97, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0036-9241
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/shr.2018.0352