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http://www.holburne.org/muse/search/item.cfm?MuseumNumber=A365 Portrait of Dr Rice Charleton by Gainsborough circa 1764

Charleton was a physician born 1722/23 died 1788

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 03/11/1748

Dr Rice Charleton was a senior physician at the General Hospital in Bath. He was an author including 'A Treatise on the Bath Waters', 'An enquiry into the efficacy of Bath Waters in Palsies', 'Cases of Patients Addmitted Into the Hospital at Bath, under the care of the late Dr Oliver' 'A Chymical analysis of Bath Waters' and 'Three Tracts on Bath Water'

Links with Tobias Smollet need checking Denise Bulckaen Les personnages secondaires dans les romans de Smollet p98