Folio 46: John May, aged 50, Captain of the Forecastle; disease or hurt, fever. Put...

ADM 101/83/1/4

1826-1828

Folio 46: John May, aged 50, Captain of the Forecastle; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 1 November 1827, at sea. Discharged to Malta Hospital, 12 November 1827. Had been six nights without his bed after the battle of Navarino and suffering from cold and fatigue.

Folio 46: Colin Campbell, aged 22, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, splinter wounds. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 22 November 1827. Contusions and abrasions of the left hand, arm, thigh and leg from splinters.

Folio 46: Andrew Wright, aged 38, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, splinter wounds. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 24 November 1827. Several splinter wounds of the back and arm, all superficial.

Folio 47: John Butler, aged 24, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, musket ball wound. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 26 November 1827. Musket ball wound of the right leg, the ball entered a little behind the head of the fibula and passed obliquely downward, without fracturing the bone. The Surgeon could not find where the ball finished and so could not remove it. The wound was dressed and healed well, he returned to duty feeling no effect from the wound and with no idea where the ball had lodged itself.

Folios 47-48: William Cooper, aged 22, Private Marine; disease or hurt, musket ball wound. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 26 November 1827. A slight injury of the metatarsal bones of the left foot from a musket ball which entered at the bottom of the foot and was extracted from between the great and second toe.

Folio 48: Peter Connel, aged 50, Carpenter's Crew; disease or hurt, splinter wounds. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 4 December 1827. Several splinter wounds in different parts of the body and one more severe than the rest at the upper and inner part of the left thigh. A two inch long iron nail was extracted from the wound on his thigh on 6 November.

Folios 48-49: Joseph Trindall, aged 24, Private Marine; disease or hurt, hernia humoralis. Put on sick list, 13 November 1827, Malta. Discharged to duty, 8 December 1827. Came on board from the Talbot and could not remember any accident or venereal complaint.

Folios 49-50: Mr Lloyd, aged 24, Mate; disease or hurt, contused wound. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 13 December 1827. Brought down to the cockpit with a violent contusion from some obtuse body, such as a wad or the end of a rope, on the right gluteal mass. Very painful but no fracture or dislocation, the limb not altered in length. The next day it was discovered that the spine of the right ilium was higher than that of the left but there appeared to be no fracture.

Folio 51: John Hooper, aged 32, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, splinter wound. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 19 December 1827. Abrasions on the right hand, thigh and leg from splinters, dressed simply.

Folios 51-52: William Chambers, aged 39, Private Marine; disease or hurt, gunshot wound of leg, rendering necessary amputation of the thigh. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Left at Malta Hospital, 24 December 1827. Several compound fractures of the left leg, apparently from a spent cannon ball, rendered necessary immediate amputation of the limb above the knee. After the operation only one [blood] vessel could be detected and the stump was put up temporarily. Two hour later haemorrhage occurred, the stump was opened and another vessel rescued and the stump put up for good. On the 25 October the contraction of the muscles made it necessary to saw off an extra inch of the femur and an incision had to be made on the outside of the limb because the original amputation wound was healing well. Further retraction took place afterwards and the bone again protruded and continued painful and suppurating until it thought best to leave at Malta Hospital, where the Surgeon hoped he would do well.

Folios 52-55: John Cunningham, aged 43, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, gunshot wound of leg rendering necessary amputation of thigh. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Left at Malta Hospital, 24 December 1827. Amputation of the left thigh was performed above the knee and rendered necessary from dreadful fractures of the leg produced by the blow of a cannon ball. The operation was performed after the lapse of about an hour, the exhaustion was extreme, and the reaction that did take place was very tardy in establishing itself. He was a worn out, dissipated and emaciated subject. The wound did not heal well and gangrene set in, the bone protruded but he was not thought well enough for a further operation. He was left in charge of Dr Liddel [at Malta] with three others when the ship departed for England.

Folios 55-57: Richard William Barrat, aged 26, Carpenter's Crew; disease or hurt, compound fracture of the leg by a splinter. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Left at Malta Hospital, 24 December 1827. A compound fracture of both bones of the left leg about three inches above the instep, sustained by the blow of a splinter. It was two hours before the Surgeon could attend him. The lower end of his tibia could not be reduced and had to be sawn off before the necessary extension could be made and the limb put up. He lay on the cockpit deck for a day after the operation and was delirious and restless afterwards for some days, and, in spite of the splints, kept displacing the bones. The leg became very swollen and diseased and on 9 November amputation was suggested to him as the only means to save his life. The parts below the knee were very diseased so the amputation was above the knee. He could not be brought back on board when the ship was preparing for departure to England and was left in the hospital at Ricasole. There is a description of the lower part of his leg examined after amputation.

Folios 57-58: John Powell, aged 40, Private Marine; disease or hurt, compound fracture of the leg. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Left at Malta Hospital, 24 December 1827. A compound fracture of the right tibia, about the middle, with the fibula also simply fractured, two thirds down, from the blow of a splinter. The fractures were put into place and splints applied and he lay on the cockpit deck on the 21st until he could be removed to a cot on the 22nd, then to the Captain's cabin on the 24th. On 3 November he was removed to Fort Ricasole. On 20 November a probe was introduced into the wound and found the bones were apparently binding but abscess formed above the wound. He was left at Malta when the ship departed but the Surgeon was not optimistic about the cure.

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