Debates ยท VI. The Stone-Cutters
Where in Mrs Turner's house was Pepys cut? disputed
Positions
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A bedroom
Wikipedia places the operation in a bedroom.
Sources- Wikipedia, Samuel Pepys (including its footnote on the autopsy) Secondary
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The kitchen
Hektoen International places it in the kitchen.
Sources- Hektoen International, essay on Pepys's operation for stone Secondary
Evidence
Pepys's diary names the house, Mrs Turner's in Salisbury Court, but the entries the kit read do not name the room.
Current standing
Unresolved; the film says only "at his cousin's house in London".
All sources
Sources
- Pepys, Diary, 26 March 1660 (Wheatley edition) Primary
- Wikipedia, Samuel Pepys (including its footnote on the autopsy) Secondary
- Hektoen International, essay on Pepys's operation for stone Secondary