Folio 92: case no. 58, Thomas Wright, aged 24, Able Seaman belonged to HMS [Nimrod];...

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1841-1842

Folio 92: case no. 58, Thomas Wright, aged 24, Able Seaman belonged to HMS [Nimrod]; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, scrophula; put on sick list 13 May 1841, invalided 14 June 1841, discharged 15 June 1841 to England.

Folio 93: case no. 59, George Bailey, aged 30, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Nimrod; taken ill at [Hong Kong]; sick or hurt, palpitatio; put on sick list 19 May 1841, invalided 14 June 1841, discharged 15 June 1841 to England.

Folio 94: case no. 60, John Richards, aged 23, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Serpent; sick or hurt, epilepsia; put on sick list 4 June 1841, invalided 14 June 1841, discharged 15 June 1841 to England.

Folios 95-100: case no. 61, William Grey, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman belonged to HMS Modeste; taken ill at Migpo [Ming Pao?]; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list 21 February 1842, invalided 14 June 1842, discharged 15 June 1842 to England.

Folios 100-101: case no. 62, John Johnson, aged 23, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Alligator; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 30 November 1841, died 3 December 1841.

Folios 102-105: case no. 63, Edwin Ford, aged 19, Boy belonged to HMS Nimrod; taken ill in Macao Roads; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 13 May 1842, died 10 June 1841.

Folios 106-112: case no. 64, George Dare, aged 23, Marine belonged to HMS Nimrod; taken ill in Macao Roads; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 31 May 1842, brought forwards for survey 30 June 1841.

Folios 112-114: case no. 65, William Collins, aged 25, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Nimrod; taken ill in Macao Roads; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 10 June 1842, discharged 30 June 1842 cured.

Folios 114-124: Surgeon's General remarks, including the establishment of Naval Hospital at Macao, position of hospital, nature of accommodations, general economy and ventilation [folios 114-115]; medical topography and climate at Macao [folios 116-117]; position of Canton and topography of neighbourhood [folios 117-118]; febris intermittent and its treatment [folio 119]; prevailing dysenteria on board HM Ship in Shouthern Coast of China and in Canton [folios 120-121].

Folios 124-125: Table 1, showing list of men died in the Naval Hospital at Macao between 15 June 1841 and 30 June 1842 - with abstract of morbid appearances discovered on the disection. Folio 126: Nosological synopsis during the period of this journal.

Folio 127: 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). Walter Kendal, aged 26, Lieutenant, hurt, gunshot wound and amputation of leg received on [?] March 1841, no pension granted from this place. Michael McCarthy, aged 39, Able Seaman, hurt, gunshot wound of head received on [?] March 1841, no pension granted from this place. George Hardy, aged 23, Captain Coxswain, hurt, gunshot wound of leg received on [?] March 1841, no pension granted from this place. William Wigly, aged 27, Able Seaman, hurt, gunshot wound of leg received on [?] March 1841, no pension granted from this place. Edward Wilson, aged 28, Able Seaman, hurt, fracture of spine received on 28 July 1841 at Macao Roads, no pension granted from this place. A.J.B. Hambly, aged 22, Lieutenant Marine, hurt, gunshot wound of foot received on 15 March 1842 at [Tsekee?], no pension granted from this place. John Hisset, aged 38, Private Marine, hurt, gunshot wound of leg received on 15 March 1842 at [Tsekee?], no pension granted from this place.

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