Folio 1: Robert Cott, aged 26, marine; sick or hurt, venereal, his case brought over...

ADM 101/117/5A/1

1815-1816

Folio 1: Robert Cott, aged 26, marine; sick or hurt, venereal, his case brought over from last journal; taken ill on 7 June 1815 at sea, discharged 16 July 1815 to duty.

Folio 1: Thomas Cook, aged 28, seaman; sick or hurt, venereal, his case brought over from last journal; taken ill on 11 June 1815 at Naples Bay, discharged 19 July 1815 to duty.

Folio 1: William Wheeler, aged 45, seaman; sick or hurt, venereal, his case brought over from last journal; taken ill 16 June 1815 at Palermo Bay on, discharged 22 July 1815 to duty.

Folio 1: Alexander Scott, aged 19, captain's servant, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, venereal, his case brought over from last journal; taken ill on 17 June 1815, discharged 23 July 1815 to duty.

Folio 2: William Jarvis, aged 54, carpenter crew, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmoralis subject to catarrhal complaints for some months; taken ill on 2 July 1815, invalided 15 July 1815 at Marseilles discharged into Aboukir 17 July 1815.

Folio 2: Michael Fitzsimmonds, aged 51, marine, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmoralis; taken ill on 9 July 1815, invalided 15 July 1815 at Marseilles discharged into Aboukir 17 July 1815.

Folio 2: John Ellis, aged 29, seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, catarrhal; taken ill on 10 July 1815, invalided 15 July 1815 at Marseilles discharged into Aboukir 17 July 1815.

Folios 2-6: lieutenant Baker, aged 30, royal marine, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatism; taken ill on 12 July 1815, sent 22 September 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 3: [James] Scot, aged 26, seaman, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, rheumatism; taken ill on 14 July 1815, invalided 15 July 1815 at Marseilles discharged into Aboukir 17 July 1815.

Folios 3-6: [James] Callaghan, aged 44, seaman, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, pneumonia; taken ill on 17 July 1815, discharged 30 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 3: [James] Brian, aged 39, seaman, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, catarrh; taken ill on 19 July 1815, discharged 31 July 1815 to duty.

Folio 4: George Reilly, aged 20, seaman, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 19 July 1815, discharged 18 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 4: William Grover, aged 34, sergeant seaman, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, phlegmon; taken ill on 20 July 1815, discharged 26 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 5: William Shaw, aged 33, cook, taken ill at Marseilles; sick or hurt, venereal; taken ill on 28 July 1815, discharged 22 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 5: [James] Cummins, aged 22, seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 29 July 1815, discharged 4 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 5: [James] White, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, psora on examination found it to be itch; taken ill on 30 July 1815, discharged 7 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 5: 1 August 1815 in the morning I have had one other application, I immediately examined the ships company and found four more with the same complaints. Magnus Anderson, seaman; Knight [Hanoway], seaman; Thomas Barling, seaman; William Bigg, seaman; Thomas Flinn, seaman; They are discharged on 7 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 5: William Miller, aged 36, seaman, taken ill off Elba; sick or hurt, pneumonia; taken ill on 1 August 1815, discharged 15 August 1815 to duty.

Folios 5-6: Mathew Gilligan, aged 39, seaman, taken ill at Elba; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis; taken ill on 3 August 1815, discharged 15 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 6: Robert Shiling, aged 34, seaman, taken ill at Elba; sick or hurt, erysipilas; taken ill on 4 August 1815, discharged 25 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 7: [James] Brown, aged 25, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, pneumonia; taken ill on 15 August 1815, discharged 27 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 7: Francis O'Neil, aged 26, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 18 August 1815, discharged 29 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 7: Hugh McKinley, aged 23, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 20 August 1815, discharged 29 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 7: Joshua Herrond, aged 21, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, cough pain in his left side and difficulty of breathing; taken ill on 20 August 1815, discharged 27 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 7: William Auston, aged 30, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 20 August 1815, discharged 23 August 1815 to duty.

Folio 8: James Haywood, aged 32, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 21 August 1815, discharged 27 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 8: John [Pague], aged 28, marine, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 21 August 1815, discharged 27 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 8: [John] Lealand, aged 41, marine, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, dysentery; taken ill on 21 August 1815, discharged 26 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 8: Mr Anderson, aged 19, midshipman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 21 August 1815, discharged 27 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 8: [James] Cochrane, aged 21, seaman, taken ill at Malta; sick or hurt, fever; taken ill on 24 August 1815, discharged 24 August 1815 to hospital at Malta.

Folio 9: 26 August 1815; Malta Harbour, fever having become very frequent on board, I shall offer general remarks on the cause, symptoms and cure of this disease [since] We arrived here on the 11 August the ship was then extremely healthy on the 16 August the ship needing repairs was ordered up nearer the dock yard a situation in which the sea breeze reaches, on the 20 August we had 7 people attacked with fever the fever was of bilious remittent kind the symptoms were various in different cases, complained at first of headache in other cases cough with pain in the breast and difficulty of breathing and other febrile symptoms, blood letting was used in both case with great advantage all the symptoms disappeared, [which] I considered them as convalescent, but soon I found that the disease returned as violent as before bleeding were again used and I gave calomel in the intermission in large and repeated dose and found it completely successful in a number of cases those that were obstinate or severe I instantly sent to hospital, some of these case the intermissions were so evident, as to had Mr Allen surgeon of the hospital to the employment of bark with complete success, on the 28 August through my representation the ship was removed into a healthy situation. There are 32 received into the list, in which 14 sent to hospital, 18 discharged to duty.

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