The Walnut Shell Woman and Lady Mary

Mary wortley montague gave birth to her second child in turkey. She was attended by doctor maitland, the english surgeon that mary had brought to turkey in the first place. Intriguingly, for lady mary, this doctor, the doctor from constantinople, had prepared a treatise explaining the practice of inoculation. When she knew that they were going to be heading back to england, she really feared for her three year old son,. little eddi, can we call him that? Sure? So she decided to have him engrafed. At no point did she consult her husband about this, who, in any case, was off on