Folio 16: case no 60, Robert Gray, aged 22, Marine; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick...

ADM 101/137/3

1866-1867

Folio 16: case no 60, Robert Gray, aged 22, Marine; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 29 July 1867, sent 29 July 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 61, Joseph Baxter, aged 38, Rope Maker; taken ill at Simon's Town; sick or hurt, syphilis, bubo; put on sick list, 2 August 1867, sent 2 August 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 62, Charles Baike, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, concussion of the head and severe scalp wound; put on sick list, 17 August 1867, sent 17 August 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 63, Joseph Garn, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 18 August 1867, sent 24 August 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 64, Bennett Stephens, aged 22, Ordinary Seaman; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, bubo; put on sick list, 2 September 1867, sent 2 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 65, Samuel Dunn, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, while in the main top was caught at by a man [Edward Colbert, Able Seaman (below)] and pulled by the frock. He fell to the deck and suffered head and back injuries; put on sick list, 4 September 1867, sent 4 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 16: case no 66, Edward Colbert, aged 25, Able Seaman; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, while in the main top about to sit down overbalanced himself and fell backwards falling with him was the boy (Samuel Dunn) above mentioned. He fell directly to the deck and struck his head and left elbow, there was a compound fracture of the humerus and concussion of the brain and spine; put on sick list, 4 September 1867, sent 4 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, this patient died shortly after his arrival at the hospital, no post mortem examination.

Folio 17: case no 67, Owen Flynn, aged 32, Boatswain's Mate; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list, 10 September 1867, sent 16 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 17: case no 68, George Little, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list, 2 June 1867, discharged 5 June 1867 to duty.

Folios 17-18: case no 69, Samuel Farrow, aged 30, Engineer's Steward; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, odema; put on sick list, 2 June 1867, discharged 27 June 1867 to duty.

Folio 18: case no 70, William Greeneys, aged 32, Stoker; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea; put on sick list, 10 September 1867, sent 16 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folios 18-19: case no 71, Mr Charles F LaCoste, aged 26, Lieutenant Royal Marine; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 11 September 1867, sent 16 September 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folios 18-19: case no 72, James Coward, aged 35, Captain’s Steward; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, hemoptysis (phthisis); put on sick list, 24 September 1867, invalided 4 October 1867 at Simon's Bay.

Folios 19-20: case no 73, George Nicholls, aged 37, Captain after Guard; taken ill at Ascension; sick or hurt, nephritis cystitis; put on sick list, 7 June 1867, discharged 22 June 1867 to duty.

Folio 20: case no 74, George Nicholls, aged 37, Captain after Guard; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, the patient of preceeding case presented himself with recurrence of the cystitis; put on sick list, 29 June 1867, sent 3 July 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 20: case no 75, Ebenezer Bayley, aged 55, Sick Berth Attendant; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, general debility; put on sick list, 14 September 1867, invalided 4 October 1867 at Simon's Bay.

Folio 21: case no 76, Johnston Salter, aged 33, Ship’s Corporal; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 10 September 1867, invalided 4 October 1867 at Simon's Town.

Folios 21-22: case no 77, John Venning, aged 36, Blacksmith; taken ill at Plettenberg Bay; sick or hurt, tonia (epileptiform seizures); put on sick list, 12 September 1867, discharged 14 September 1867 to duty.

Folios 22-24: case no 78, Richard Purvis, aged 40, Captain Royal Navy; taken ill at Devonport; sick or hurt, gout (rheumatism) had 8 attacks of this disease; put on sick list, 2 January 1867, discharged 4 January 1868 to duty.

Folio 24: case no 79, Samuel Dyer, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, erythema nodosum; put on sick list, 23 October 1867, discharged 9 November 1867 to duty.

Folios 24-25: case no 80, Frederick Fulham, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; taken ill at Mozambique; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 23 November 1867, discharged 2 December 1867 to duty, [including a temperature/[urine sample?] diagram].

Folios 25-26: case no 81, Mr John [McQua?], aged 20, Acting Sub Lieutenant; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 3 December 1867, sent 19 December 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Town.

Folio 26: case no 82, Mr Rowland Henry Sperling, aged 27, Acting Commander; taken ill off River Zambezi; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 2 December 1867, sent 18 December 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Town.

Folio 27: case no 83, Mr William Maxwell, aged 44, Chief Engineer; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list, 24 December 1867, sent 28 December 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Town.

Folios 27-29: case no 84, Patrick Buckley, aged 30, Stoker; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever bilious remittent; put on sick list, 11 December 1867, sent 19 December 1867 to Hospital at Simon's Town, this patient remained behind, Mr Young and party proceeding home by mail - he was subsequently discharged perfectly well to return by a subsequent mail, [including a temperature/pulse diagram]. Signed: Pierce Mansfield BA. MD., Surgeon RN, HMS Racoon at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope.

Folio 30: Surgeon's notes, Attention is called respectfully to the ruling of the page and disposition of the columns, more on the principle of the R.N. Hospital tickets. The symptoms, prescriptions and diet are thus shown at a glance and the writing of the case also much facilitated. Signed: Pierce Mansfield.

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