Folio 28: Edward Baker, aged 17, convict; case number 79; sick or hurt, cholera;...

ADM 101/47/6/4

1832-1833

Folio 28: Edward Baker, aged 17, convict; case number 79; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 1 May 1833. Discharged 3 May 1833. Folio 28: William Williams, aged 17, convict; case number 80; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 1 May 1833. Discharged 2 May 1833.

Folio 29: Edward Parson, aged 23, convict; case number 81; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 1 May 1833. Discharged 2 May 1833. Folio 29: Michael Dunnican, aged 26, convict; case number 82; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 1 May 1833. Discharged 3 May 1833. Folio 29: James Blumston, aged 22, convict; case number 83; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 1 May 1833. Discharged 4 May 1833. Folio 29: John Postle, aged 28, convict; case number 84; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 2 May 1833. Discharged 4 May 1833. Folio 29: James McCarthy, aged 22, convict; case number 85; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 2 May 1833. Discharged 4 May 1833. Folio 29: Alexander Morrison, aged 29, convict; case number 86; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list, 3 May 1833. Discharged 6 May 1833. Folio 29: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 30-33: Surgeon’s general remarks. Of 236 convicts embarked on board the Mangles, 80 were received at Woolwich, and 156 at Sheerness. Convicts wanted 'flannels which they said they had been long accustomed to wear.' Remarks concerning the outbreak of cholera on board. The Surgeon makes remarks to a symptom of scurvy 'spontaneous salivation' describing its features which he has read about, which sometimes affects, 'the Turks, and I suppose other Mahometans, in their long fast called the Ramadan or Ramazan.' This symptom was successfully treated using a mixture of nitras potassa dissolved in equal parts of vinegar and lime juice, as used by Mr Cameron in the Fergusson.

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