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Folio 74: case no 26, John Burke, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scurvy;...

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/23/7/15

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ADM 101/23/7/15
Date
1832
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Folio 74: case no 26, John Burke, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scurvy; put on sick list 23 July 1832, discharged 16 August 1832.

Folio 74: case no 27, John Gantly, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scurvy; put on sick list 24 July 1832, discharged 16 August 1832.

Folios 74-75: case no 28, Robert Sharp, aged 20, soldier 63rd Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 28 July 1832, discharged 16 August 1832 to duty.

Folios 75-77: case no 29, William Cotter, aged 19, soldier 63rd Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery and accident, pain in the belly with frequent inclination to stool, gripes and tenesmus, also stated that 10 days ago in going down the ladder to his quarters he fell and hurt his right shoulder and lower part of his belly; put on sick list 11 August 1832, discharged 24 August 1832 to duty.

Folios 77-78: case no 30, Benjamin Lord, aged 25, soldier 4th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 14 August 1832, discharged 26 August 1832 to duty.

Folios 78-79: case no 31, Patrick Fox, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, complained of frequent purging with inclination to vomit, think’s his pork and pea soup do not agree with him never ate so much meat in all his life as on board this ship; put on sick list 17 August 1832, left the hospital 20 August 1832, the [next] morning this man came into hospital, he complained more of his dangerous state than any patient I ever had. The lower class of Irish generally aggravate their complaints by despondency.

Folios 79-80: case no 32, James Rusk, soldier 4th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 14 August 1832, discharged 24 August 1832 to duty.

Folios 80-81: case no 33, James Russell, aged 19, soldier 4th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 21 August 1832, discharged 5 September 1832 to duty.

Folio 81: case no 34, William King, sergeant 4th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 22 August 1832, discharged 30 September 1832 to duty.

Folio 82: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged, with names and case number

Folio 83: Surgeon’s general remarks.

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