Medical journal of HMS Abergavenny by George Brown from 26 May to 6 November 1797....

ADM 101/80/2A/1

[1797-1798]

Medical journal of HMS Abergavenny by George Brown from 26 May to 6 November 1797. During this time this guard ship was stationed at Port au Prince, West Indies.

[Note: ADM 101/80/2, 2A-2C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/80/2].

Folio 2: Matthew Collins, aged 23, seaman; disease or hurt, violent pain in the abdomen; dates on sick list, 25-26 May 1797; sent to hospital.

Folio 2: William Harris, aged 20, seaman; disease or hurt, slight chillness with nausea; dates on sick list, 26 May-14 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 2: Thomas Brown, aged 16, seaman; disease or hurt, dysentery; dates on sick list, 26 May-27 June 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folios 2-3: William Roberts, aged 28, seaman; disease or hurt, vomiting and purging of a billious matter with violent pain and distraction of the abdomen; dates on sick list, 26 May-5 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 3: John Stevens, aged 22, seaman; disease or hurt, dysentry and fever; dates on sick list, 26 May-27 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 3: John Sansby, aged 20, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in head and back with coldness and shivering; dates on sick list, 26 May-9 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 4: Lewillan Howell, aged 22, seaman; disease or hurt, lassitude and heaviness with giddiness of the head and loss of appetite; dates on sick list, 26 May-27 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 4: John Johnson, aged 26, marine; disease or hurt, dysentry; dates on sick list, 26 May-27 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 4: John Powers, aged 25, seaman; disease or hurt, fullness and weight about the stomach, want of appetite and lassitude with nausea; dates on sick list, 27 May-4 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 4-5: John Jones, aged 40, seaman; disease or hurt, difficulty of breathing and straightness in the precordia; dates on sick list, 27-29 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 5: David Willson, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, heaviness lassitude and oppression with loss of appetite and giddiness in the head; dates on sick list, 27-29 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 5: Samuel Griffiths, aged 18, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen; dates on sick list, 27 May-14 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 6: Michael Quinn, aged 18, seaman; disease or hurt, chillness and shivering succeeded by burning heat all over the body; dates on sick list, 27-29 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 6: John Sullivan, aged 32, marine; disease or hurt, pain in the head and back; dates on sick list, 28-29 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 6: John Wolf, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, sickness at stomach with vomiting and purging of a bilious matter; dates on sick list, 28 May-14 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: James Johnson, aged 34, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in head and belly with great thirst; dates on sick list, 28-31 May 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 7: James Williamson, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in head, back and abdomen with nausea; dates on sick list, 1-5 June 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folios 7-8: James Avorol, aged 23, seaman; disease or hurt, cough with pain in head and breast; dates on sick list, 2-16 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 8: Alexander Willson, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, giddiness of head and chilliness, succeeded by heat and pain in the abdomen; dates on sick list, 6-15 June 1797; died.

Folio 9: William Jones, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, heaviness lassitude and apprehension, giddiness of head; dates on sick list, 11-15 June 1797; died.

Folios 9-10: Joseph Smyth, aged 26, seaman; disease or hurt, lassitude and heaviness with slight pain in limbs and over eyes with inability to walk and sickness at stomach; dates on sick list, 12-16 June 1797; died.

Folio 10: Patrick Davey, aged 36, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen with nausea; dates on sick list, 17-27 June 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 10-11: John Rice, aged 37, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head and belly with sickness of stomach; dates on sick list, 20-26 June 1797; died.

Folio 11: John Reid, aged 50, seaman; disease or hurt, lassitude and oppression with pain over eyes and flushing of face; dates on sick list, 27 July-1 July 1797; died.

Folio 11: John Reid, aged 50, seaman; disease or hurt, lassitude and oppression with pain over eyes and flushing of face; dates on sick list, 27 July-1 July 1797; died.

Folio 11: John Willis, aged 37, marine; disease or hurt, pain in head, abdomen and back with lassitude; dates on sick list, 27 June-10 July 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 12: John Haswell, aged 34, seaman; disease or hurt, alternate slight chills and heat, nausea and pain in the head; dates on sick list, 26 June-2 July 1797; died.

Folios 12-13: Henry Chaff, aged 40, seaman; disease or hurt, cough with tightness of chest; dates on sick list, 27 June-14 July 1797; died.

Folios 13-14: Joseph Clark, aged 16, boy; disease or hurt, shivering with lassitude, headache and nausea; dates on sick list, 1-20 July 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 14: John McCarty, aged 32, seaman; disease or hurt, nausea, pain in the head and loins, tremors of hands and knee joints; dates on sick list, 8-13 July 1797; died.

Folio 14: Richard Merryfield, aged 32, seaman; disease or hurt, body and limbs covered with a dry scurf; dates on sick list, 1-7 July 1797; sent to hospital.

Folios 14-15: C Conly, aged 25, seaman; disease or hurt, violent griping pains in the bowels, dates on sick list, 11-16 July 1797; died.

Folio 15: Samuel Bromage, aged 47, seaman; disease or hurt, cough with pain at times in breast and sides; dates on sick list, 12-18 July 1797; died.

Folios 15-16: John Jenkins, aged 46, seaman; disease or hurt, heat and pain at the region of the stomach with retching to vomit; dates on sick list, 16-30 July 1797; discharged to duty.

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