Folios 62-63: Benjamin Wilmot, aged 18, Boy; disease or hurt, compound fracture of...

ADM 101/83/1/5

1826-1828

Folios 62-63: Benjamin Wilmot, aged 18, Boy; disease or hurt, compound fracture of the leg. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 7 January 1828. A blow on the right leg from a splinter, skin slightly abraded from the middle of the leg to the instep and contused. Much swelling and inflammation and an abscess formed. On the 30 October 1827 the ligaments were found to be torn through and on the 31 October 1827 a fracture of the tibia was suspected. On 2 November 1827 this was confirmed and the abscess was found to connect with the fracture. Removed to Fort Ricasole on 3 November 1827 and returned on board the 22 November 1827, the ship being about to sail. He was able to move a little without crutches on the 15 November 1827and by 7 January 1828 is well.

Folio 64: William Bocock, aged 28, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, contusion of face causing loss of vision of the left eye. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to partial duty, 7 January 1828. Received in the action a blow to the left eye from some blunt object, probably the end of a rope. At the time it was not deemed of much consequence and he remained at his quarters but it later realised the iris was lacerated from its margin to the ciliary body. The pupil was enlarged and transverse and the lens appeared a little sunk. The eye was swollen and painful until December, eventually lessening, but the vision was destroyed.

Folios 64-65: James Abercrombie, aged 37, Gunner's Crew; disease or hurt, gunshot wound leading to amputation of the thigh. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. Had his right leg shot off by a cannon ball, the limb was shattered to the knee. He was brought to the cockpit bleeding fast, a tourniquet was applied and about an hour and a half later the thigh was amputated 'at the usual place'. Only one vessel was found so the limb was put up temporarily for fear of haemorrhage. There was no haemorrhage but the bone began to project and it was feared that a further amputation would become necessary. Granulation of the wound and discharge continued until he was sent to the Haslar Hospital at Portsmouth on 1 February 1828.

Folio 66: Charles Harrison, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, splinter wound of leg. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. A severe lacerated wound of the right calf from a splinter, with a splinter wound of the right foot, the tarsal bones slightly comminuted. Sent to Fort Ricasole, 3 November 1827, and returned to the ship, 22 November 1827. From the loss of substance and contraction of the tendons of the ham it was feared he would be more or less permanently lame.

Folios 67-68: William Murphy, aged 21, Landsman; disease or hurt, compound fracture of the leg. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. An oblique compound fracture of the left tibia by a blow from a splinter, a wound about two inches long near the middle of the tibia and a simple [fracture] transverse of the same bone about two inches below the compound. Slept on the cockpit deck until a cot could be provided on 22 October 1827, removed to the Captain’s cabin, 24 October 1827. Removed to Fort Ricasole, 3 November 1827, on the 13 November 1827 a small abscess formed immediately below the wound. On 9 November 1827 he was allowed out of bed. On the 11 November 1827 the upper fractured end of the tibia was found to be overlapping slightly but the inequality was trifling.

Folios 68-69: John Wall, aged 22, Private Marine; disease or hurt, musket ball wound of shoulder. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. Had a musket ball pass through the right shoulder about 2 ½ inches from the [hind] of the humerus, it entered close to the large vessels, under the clavicle, passed on the outer side of the arm, grooving the bone and came out at a corresponding opening at the posterior part. It was dressed simply and he was put into in his hammock as soon as possible. On 10 November 1827 it was ascertained that the coronoid process of the scapula was comminuted. On 30 November 1827 a probe was inserted into the wound and the course of the ball found to be circuitous. On making pressure along the course of the ball, pus could be removed from the wound and small pieces of bone. On 21 January 1828 an abscess appeared on the inside of the arm.

Folio 69: Mr Henry Gaitskill, aged 20, Midshipman; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 13 December 1827, at sea. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828.

Folio 70: Jeremiah Coghlan, aged 40, Landsman; disease or hurt, bubo. Put on sick list, 20 January 1828, at sea. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. Had been on the sick list from 20 to 30 November 1827 for excoriations of the prepuce and glans, the result of lack of cleanliness.

Folio 70: Alex Cummings, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 27 January 1828, at sea. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 1 February 1828. He had concealed his venereal complaint for upward of six weeks. There were indications that an operation had been performed but he strenuously denied it.

Folios 70-71: Benjamin Kindness, aged 36, Quarter Master; disease or hurt, wound and fractured leg. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 14 February 1828. Received a simple fracture of the bones of the right leg from the blow of a splinter or of the end of the breeching of the gun at which he was quartered. It was put up in splints and he was left on the deck until it was possible to move him to a cot on 22 October 1827. Sent to Fort Ricasole 3 November 1827, returned to the ship 22 November 1827. Sent to hospital 14 February 1828, the ship being about to be paid off.

Folio 72: Thomas Shean, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, bubo. Put on sick list, 9 January 1828, at sea. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 14 February 1828, the ship being about to be paid off. Put on sick list with catarrh but then complained of soreness on the right inguinal region, where the gland was enlarged. He returned to duty on 17 January 1828 but complained again on 22 January 1828.

Folio 72: Peter [Tabrey], aged 30, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 11 February 1828, Portsmouth Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 14 February 1828, the ship being about to be paid off.

Folios 72-73: Michael Grout, aged 42, Gunner's Crew; disease or hurt, abscess. Put on sick list, 9 February 1828, Portsmouth Harbour. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 14 February 1828, the ship being about to be paid off. Placed on the sick list for swelling and inflammation of the right leg.

Folios 73-75: Mr Addington, aged 42, Boatswain; disease or hurt, amputated left arm. Put on sick list, 20 October 1827, Navarino Harbour. Discharged to duty, 14 February 1828. Amputation of the left arm above the elbow was rendered necessary by the severe injury of elbow joint from a musket ball. Suffered a lot of pain and irritability and a lot of discharge from the stump.

Folio 76: Richard Martin, aged 23, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, hernia humoralis. Put on sick list, 22 December 1827, at Malta. Sent to Haslar Hospital, 14 February 1828, the ship being about to be paid off. Put on the sick list on account of gonorrhoea.

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