Folio 48: Case no. 87, John wood, aged 29, Private Royal Marine; taken ill off Sevastopol;...

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1854-1855

Folio 48: Case no. 87, John wood, aged 29, Private Royal Marine; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, hernia, Put on sick list, 14 June 1855, sent 14 June 1855 to Hospital at Malta.

Folio 48: Case no. 88, Mr. William Shaw, aged 36, Naval Instructor; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, diarrhoea and taenia, Put on sick list, 16 June 1855, sent 16 June 1855 to Hospital at Therapia.

Folio 48: Case no. 89, Mr. John Cooper, aged 25, Assistant Surgeon; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, bronchitis, Put on sick list, 16 June 1855, sent 24 June 1855 to Hospital at Therapia.

Folio 49: Case no. 90, Frederick Andrews, aged 27, Able Seaman; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, asthma, Put on sick list, 19 June 1855, sent 23 June 1855 to Hospital at Malta.

Folio 49: Case no. 91, Samuel Matthews, aged 39, Chief Captain of Forecastle; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, general debility & loss of vision, Put on sick list, 20 June 1855, invalided 21 June 1855.

Folio 50: Case no. 92, Richard Knight, aged 44, Private Royal Marine; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, general debility and varicose veins &c, Put on sick list, 20 June 1855, invalided 21 June 1855.

Folio 50: Case no. 93, William T. Simmons, aged 26, Able Seaman; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, hepatitis (chronic), Put on sick list, 20 June 1855, invalided 21 June 1855.

Folio 50: Case no. 94, William Samson, aged 22, Private Royal Marine; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, secondary syphilis, Put on sick list, 21 June 1855, sent 21 June 1855 to Hospital at Malta.

Folio 51: Case no. 95, Joel Jordan, aged not stated, Able Seaman; taken ill off Sevastopol; disease or hurt, compound fracture of right tibia, fracture of fibula & wound of scalp, while employed coaling the steam transport 'Thames' fell from upper deck on to platform of hold; Put on sick list, 20 May 1855, sent 25 May 1855 to Hospital at Malta.

Folio 51: Case no. 96, Francis Osborne, aged 22, Ordinary Seaman; taken ill in the Black Sea; disease or hurt, wound of sole of foot & secondary syphilis; Put on sick list, [?], sent 14 June 1855 to Hospital at Malta.

Folio 52: Table 1: Nosological synopsis of sick book kept during the period of this journal.

Folio 53: Table 2: A list of men who during the period of this journal, have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them for the public service, or subsequently in any way interfere with their earning a livelihood. (Names and details follow). Number on the ship's books 148; Thomas Lowe, aged 24, Marine; pension certificate granted on 5 December 1854, nature of hurt, severe compound comminuted fracture of left fore-arm, by bursting of a shell during the attacked of the combined fleets on the forts of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854. Number on the ship's books 221; Robert Cottle, aged 23, Able Seaman; pension certificate granted on 5 December 1854, nature of hurt, left fore-arm carried away by a shot during the attacked on the forts of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854. Number on the ship's books 183; Charles Burr, aged 59, Boatswain's Mate; pension certificate granted on 9 February 1855, nature of hurt, severe contusion of back & thigh by being struck by splinters during the attacked on the forts of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854. Number on the ship's books 118; John Wood, aged 29, Marine; pension certificate granted on 22 March 1855, nature of hurt, inguinal hernia of right side caused by making sudden exertion with a handspike when employed at the great gun exercises on 21 March 1855. Number on the ship's books 86; John Hooper, aged 32, Able Seaman; pension certificate not granted, nature of hurt, contusion of left hip at lower part and upper part of thigh during the attacked of combined fleets on the forts on Sevastopol on 17 October 1854.

Folios 53-54: Table 3: showing medical cases which have occurred during the period covered by the journal [nosologically arranged]. The mean numerical strength of the ship's company 546 ¾.

Folios 54-56: Surgeon's general remarks, including account of the cholera out break on board the ship and the first fatal case (case no. 2) [folio 54]; treatment of cholera [folio 55], account on combined fleets and casualties at Sevastopol [folios 55-56] and passing notes on continued fever [folio 56].

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