Folios 3-5: Edward Etchell, aged 31, Convict; disease or hurt, sea sickness and extreme...

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1826

Folios 3-5: Edward Etchell, aged 31, Convict; disease or hurt, sea sickness and extreme debility. Put on sick list, 17 August 1826, at sea. Remained on sick list the whole voyage.

Folios 5-9: A Mackay, aged 27 [or 25], Servant to Mr Holland; disease or hurt, intermittent fever, severe headache, skin soft and warm, pulse full. Put on sick list, 17 August 1826, at sea. Discharged cured, 5 September 1826. Had two or three slight returns of the fever during the voyage.

Folios 9-12: James Johnson, aged 34, Convict; disease or hurt, haemoptysis. Put on sick list, 5 September 1826, at sea. Discharged to the hospital at Sydney, 27 November 1826. 'A pale delicate man, has belonged to the fancy, in London, and fought many severe battles, under the name of West Country Dick'.

Folio 13: Mrs Gorman, aged 24, Soldier's Wife; disease or hurt, griping and purging, faeces tinged with blood. Put on sick list, 16 September 1826. Discharged cured, 18 September 1826.

Folios 13-14: James Barlow, aged 34, Convict; disease or hurt, hoarseness, sore throat and difficulty of swallowing, skin hot, pulse full, tonsils inflamed and swollen. Put on sick list, 10 October 1826, at sea. Discharged cured, 15 October 1826.

Folio 14: Thomas Barry, aged 14, Ship's Boy; disease or hurt, headache and pains all over the body, eyes and neck bright yellow. Put on sick list, 7 September 1826, at sea. Discharged cured, 10 September 1826.

Folio 15: Abstract of the preceding journal, being a summary of all the cases contained therein. Fluxes, 1; Intermittent fevers, 1; Phthisis, 1, sent to the hospital; Jaundice, 1; Sore throat, 1; Debility, 1.

Folio 15: Surgeon's general remarks. There was no occurrence worthy of note from a medical point of view, the prisoners were generally healthy. It was a quick passage in pleasant weather. The only case worth mentioning is James Johnson, haemoptysis terminating in phthisis. He was one of the Fancy had fought many battles and ruined his constitution. He only survived three days at the hospital in Sydney. Sulphate of quinine was very useful in checking paroxysms of intermittent fever, though they did recur from changes in the weather. There were usually two or three on the list, slight accidents to bowel complaints etc. All too slight to mention. Signed, Alick Osborne Surgeon

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