Folios 37-41: Folios 37-38: case no.98, Daniel Nicols, aged 34, ordinary seaman;...

ADM 101/83/4/4

1810-1811

Folios 37-41:

Folios 37-38: case no.98, Daniel Nicols, aged 34, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, severe contusion on the head by the main stay block the strap having broke causing severe hemoragy [haemorrhage] from both ears, no external marks of injury; taken ill, 9 April 1811; died 20 April 1811.

Folio 38: case no.99, Henery Thomas, aged 62, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh and scurvy legs; taken ill, 9 April 1811; discharged 17 May 1811 to duty.

Folio 38: case no.100, James Mitchell, aged 24, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, severe wound of the right hand which lacerated integuments on the back of the hand and much injured the extens or tendons. Received this injury from a jam of the flat boats cannonade slide when hoisting water casks were stowed underneath said slide. Given smart ticket on 25 June 1811; taken ill, 9 April 1811; discharged 28 June 1811.

Folio 38: case no.101, William Francis, aged 24, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, gonorrhea; taken ill, 9 April 1811; discharged 29 April 1811 to duty. Folio 38: case no.102, Thomas Willis, aged 30, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, dysentery; taken ill, 18 April 1811; discharged 22 April 1811 to the Implacable.

Folio 38: case no.103, Abraham Gilborough, aged 26, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, dysentery; taken ill, 18 April 1811; discharged 22 April 1811 to duty.

Folio 38: case no.104, James Dowland, aged 26, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, dysentery; taken ill, 21 April 1811; discharged 27 April 1811 to duty. Folios 38-39: case no.105, William Balsom, aged 28, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, very severe case of dysentery symptoms; taken ill, 25 April 1811; discharged 13 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 39: case no.106, Jack Stuart aged 36, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, universal pains over the whole body affected in the similar manner for two or three times previously, after death opened body found the lung in the right side of the thorax in a damaged state with collections of pus contained within them; taken ill, 8 May 1811; died 26 May 1811.

Folios 39-40: case no.107, Robert Madget, aged 40, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, pneumonia, pain in the breast, dispnea and cough; taken ill, 11 April 1811; discharged 25 July 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.108, Frederick Case, aged 36, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh, pain in the left side of the thorax attended with cough and fever; taken ill, 26 May 1811; discharged 30 May 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.109, Daniel Davis, aged 20, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh, pain in the left side of the thorax attended with cough and fever with slight affection of throat; taken ill, 27 May 1811; discharged 1 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.110, Robert Silby, aged 40, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh, pain in the left side of the thorax attended with cough and fever with slight affection of throat; taken ill, 28 May 1811; discharged 31 May 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.111, John Healy, aged 40, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh, pain in the left side of the thorax attended with cough and fever with slight affection of throat; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 10 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.111[112], Steven Cotton, aged 24, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh, pain in the breast; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 4 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 40: case no.112[113], Daniel Curdy, aged 20, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, slight degree of catarrhal complaint; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.113[114], Elias Harvey, aged 18, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 1 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.114[115], William Anderson, aged 25, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 31 May 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.115[116], Phillip Murphy, aged 60, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 1 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.116[117], George Bennett, aged 28, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 1 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.117[118], James Wilson, aged 44, able seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.118[119], Patrick McCann, aged 20; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 29 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.119[120], Samuel Howard, aged 25, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 30 May 1811; discharged 11 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.120[121], William Baker, aged 25, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 30 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.121[122], Evan Davis, aged 22, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 30 May 1811; discharged 8 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.122[123], Robert Brown, aged 25, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 30 May 1811; discharged 31 May 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.123[124], Benjamin Bool, aged 50, armourer's crew; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.124[125], John Radford, aged 24, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 3 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.125[126], John Cristopher, aged 28, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.126[127], John Edwards, aged 50, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 3 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.127[128], James Burn, aged 25, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.128[129], Adam Orr, aged 24, ordinary seaman; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 31 May 1811; discharged 2 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.129[130], James Hurley, aged 53, marine; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 2 June 1811; discharged 14 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: case no.130[131], Thomas Webb, aged 18; taken ill at Cadiz bay; disease or hurt, catarrh; taken ill, 3 June 1811; discharged 7 June 1811 to duty.

Folio 41: Nearly all of the above cases accompanied with similar symptoms, cough, pain in the breast with increased active in the vascular system, in some the disease was protracted particularly in those subject to catarrhal or asthmatical affections. All cases originated from the same cause namely a continuous of hot easterly winds blowing over the low marshy land of the [Crocodera]. Beg leave to refer you to the cases on the other side as a general outline of the medical treatment of the above cases.

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