Folio 1: Title page giving date range to 22 July 1799. Folio 2: John Fletcher, Seaman,...

ADM 101/98/3B/1

1798-1799

Folio 1: Title page giving date range to 22 July 1799.

Folio 2: John Fletcher, Seaman, aged 46; disease or hurt, violent griping pains in his bowels, sickness at the stomach with frequent stools. Taken ill, 15 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 19 August 1798. Remarks that many of the crew had similar symptoms, all responded to the same treatment.

Folio 2: Patrick Murphy, Seaman, aged 25; disease or hurt, same symptoms as John Fletcher. Taken ill, [...] August 1798. Discharged to duty 20 August 1798.

Folio 2: James Walsh, Seaman, aged 22; disease or hurt, violent pains across his loins about the epigastric region, from a blow from a rope, some difficulty breathing. Taken ill, 21 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment concluded on folio 3. Discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 24 November 1798.

Folio 3: Orlando Bagley, Seaman, aged 33; disease or hurt, extremely debilitated, violent cough, difficulty breathing and loss of appetite. Taken ill, 22 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to Excellent for passage to England, 3 October 1798. Surveyed by two surgeons of the fleet, 1 October 1798, sent to hospital for change of air and diet.

Folio 4: James Love, Marine, aged 26; disease or hurt, pain in his head and back, sickness at stomach. Taken ill, 24 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment continues folios 8 and 14. Discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 8 October 1798. Undated note 'Since died'.

Folio 5: John [James] Skimmington, Seaman, aged 25; disease or hurt, pain in his head and left side, difficulty breathing with some cough, pulse regular, has every appearance of being unhealthy, countenance sallow, often complaining. Taken ill, 31 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment continues folios 9 and 13. Discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 8 October 1798.

Folio 6: George Frost, Marine, aged 28; disease or hurt, pain in all his limbs, headache, great thirst, sickness at stomach with purging and pains in [his] bowels. Taken ill, 2 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to 9 September 1798.

Folio 6: Francis Salmon, Seaman, aged 22; disease or hurt, griping pain in bowels with sickness and purging. Taken ill, 9 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 12 September 1798.

Folio 6: Robert Donnan, Marine, aged 22; disease or hurt, pain in head and sickness at stomach. Taken ill, 11 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 13 September 1798.

Folio 6: William Leonard, Seaman, aged 36; disease or hurt, hectic, has been confined to his bed for three months past. Taken ill, 15 August 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to Excellent for passage to England, 3 October 1798. Surveyed by two surgeons of the fleet, 1 October, sent to hospital for change of air and diet.

Folio 7: James Randle, Seaman, aged 26; disease or hurt, large round blotches all over his body, some converted in to sores, pains in his limbs at night, feels himself getting weaker. Taken ill, 2 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 24 September 1798.

Folio 7: Nicholas Honbury, Seaman, aged 22; disease or hurt, glans much enlarged with a phimosis. Taken ill, 3 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 14 October 1798. Was sent on board Edgar 3 September 1798, had been ill for several weeks.

Folio 8: James Love, treatment continued.

Folio 9: James [John] Skimmington, treatment continued.

Folio 10: John Donnovan, Seaman, aged 28; disease or hurt, inflammation and tumefaction of the knee from a blow. Taken ill, 14 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment continued in separate entry on the same folio. Discharged to duty, 12 October 1798.

Folio 10: John Sullivan, Seaman, aged 24; disease or hurt, pain in all his limbs, a weight on his stomach, headache and great thirst. Taken ill, 14 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 12 October 1798.

Folio 11: Martin Flin, Seaman, aged 36; disease or hurt, cold shivering, pain in his limbs and head with vomiting. Taken ill, 16 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 22 September 1798.

Folio 11: James Randle, Seaman aged 25; disease or hurt, received a violent blow on the sternum from which he became convulsed and had difficulty breathing. Taken ill, 15 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty 24 September 1798.

Folio 11: John Saunders, Seaman, aged 34; disease or hurt, pain in his head, breast and limbs, great thirst and difficulty breathing. Taken ill, 25 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment continued folio 13. Discharged to duty, 22 October 1798.

Folio 12: James Bond, Seaman, aged 29; disease or hurt, violent severe pains in his back and thighs, has been subject to rheumatism. Taken ill, 17 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 30 September 1798.

Folio 12: William Bullace, Seaman, age not recorded; disease or hurt, ulcers on the tibia of each leg, discharging and spreading quickly. Taken ill, 28 September 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 26 October 1798.

Folio 13: James [John] Skimmington, treatment continued, discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 8 October 1798.

Folio 13: John Saunders, treatment continued, discharged to duty, 22 October 1798.

Folio 14: James Love, treatment continued, discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 8 October 1798.

Folio 14: William Kelly, Seaman, aged 30; disease or hurt, swelling of the right testicle and enlargement of the spermatic cord, from a blow. Taken ill, 30 September 1798, off Cadiz. Treatment continues folios 15, 26 and 29. Discharged to duty, 17 December 1798.

Folio 15: William Kelly, treatment continued.

Folio 16: James Cavanah, Seaman, aged 22; disease or hurt, violent pain in his breast, very thirsty, no stool for several days, skin dry and hot. Taken ill, 8 October 1798, at anchor off Cadiz. Treatment continues folios 18, 21 and 29. Discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 24 November 1798.

Folio 17: Richard Connor, Seaman, aged 40; disease or hurt, pains in his left side and breast, with a little cough, breathing short, hard and full. Taken ill, 9 October 1798, off Cadiz. Discharged to Gibraltar Hospital, 25 November 1798. Often unwell and of an unhealthy appearance.

Folio 18: James Cavanah, treatment continued.

Folio 19: Peter McCarthy, Marine, aged 25; disease or hurt, lacerated forehead with part of the bone exposed, by a blow from a block. Taken ill, 20 October 1798, off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 15 November 1798.

Folio 20: William Lawrence, Seaman, aged 37; disease or hurt, stunned by a blow from a falling block, slight haemorrhage from the nose. Taken ill, 20 October 1798, cruising off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 1 November 1798.

Folio 20: John Tomlin, Marine, aged 24; disease or hurt, inflammation and swelling of the testicle and spermatic [process] from a violent blow. Taken ill, 24 October 1798, cruising off Cadiz. Treatment continues folios 25, 31 and 42. Discharged to duty, 11 February 1799.

Folio 21: Thomas Dalton, Marine, aged 19; disease or hurt, a violent blow across the loins, causing great pain but with no visible injury. Taken ill, 26 October 1798, cruising off Cadiz. Discharged to duty, 7 November 1798.

Folio 21: James Cavanah, treatment continued.

Folio 22: William James, Seaman, aged 26; disease or hurt, struck by lightning while aloft. Taken ill, 29 October 1798, cruising off Cadiz. Died 1 November 1798. The accident happened at about 10pm. Clothes burned, his body scorched and to all appearances dead, no external injury apart from scorching. Continued two days in a 'stupid state', complained that 'all his misery' was in his belly which was very tense and inflamed.

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