Journal of HMS Hunter for 2 August 1804 to 15 February 1805 by Guy Alexander Achison,...

ADM 101/104/5A

1804-1805

Journal of HMS Hunter for 2 August 1804 to 15 February 1805 by Guy Alexander Achison, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was cruising on the Jamaica station.

[Note: ADM 101/104/5, 5A-5D are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/104/5].

Folio 1: Blank.

Folio 2: Cornelius Driscoll, aged 45, ordinary seaman, taken ill at Port Royal; sick or hurt, circumscribed tumor on the superior and exterior part of the right thigh; taken ill on 7 August 1804, discharged 10 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 2: John Jacobs, aged 20, ordinary seaman, taken ill at Port Royal; sick or hurt, circumscribed tumor on the interior and lower part of the left thigh; taken ill on 8 August 1804, discharged 13 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 2: Mr Robert Gibbs, aged 45, boatswain, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, received a blow from a pice of wood on the left shoulder; taken ill on 10 August 1804, discharged 13 August 1804 to duty.

Folios 3-4: John Hoar, aged 22, ordinary seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, severe pains in the head and back with general lassitude; taken ill on 10 August 1804, discharged 27 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 4: Mr A Wheatley, aged 30, carpenter, taken ill at Port Antonio; sick or hurt, severe pains in the head, back and breast with sickness at stomach; taken ill on 12 August 1804, discharged 25 August 1804 to duty.

Folios 4-5: John Jackson, aged 39, boatswain mate, taken ill at Port Antonio; sick or hurt, severe pains in the right side, hip and knee with slight headache; taken ill on 13 August 1804, discharged 20 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 5: Mr John Andrews, aged 26, gunner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pains in the lower belly with frequent discharge by stool; taken ill on 14 August 1804, discharged 16 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 5: John Connor, aged 25, able seaman, taken ill off Jamaica; sick or hurt, frequent discharge by stool; taken ill on 15 August 1804, discharged 21 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 5: William Cawling, aged 20, ordinary seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain of the head and back with a severe shivering and eyes inflamed; taken ill on 19 August 1804, discharged 25 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 6: [Normd] Columba, aged 30, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fall from the fore castle with a contusion on the superior and outer part of his right leg; taken ill on 21 August 1804, discharged 30 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 6: George Smith, aged 29, private marine, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, wounded by the fall of the block on his head; taken ill on 23 August 1804, discharged 28 August 1804 to duty.

Folio 6: John Brown, aged 22, ordinary seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pains in the head and back with sore throat; taken ill on 4 September 1804, discharged 9 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 6: Richard Knight, aged 34, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, contusion on the left hand; taken ill on 7 September 1804, discharged 18 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 7: John Weir, aged 30, private marine, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, contusion on the right foot by a fall of the main ladder; taken ill on 7 September 1804, discharged 13 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 7: James Newman, aged 54, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, severe pains in the head and back with nausea; taken ill on 19 September 1804, discharged 21 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 7: James Shard, aged 22, ordinary seaman, taken ill at Port Royal; sick or hurt, pains and uneasiness in the lower belly attended with frequent stools; taken ill on 18 September 1804, discharged 21 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 7: John Keal, aged 24, able seaman, taken ill at Port Royal; sick or hurt, ulcer on the outer ankle on his right leg; taken ill on 23 September 1804, discharged 30 September 1804 to duty.

Folio 8: John Connor, aged 25, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, contusion on his right shoulder by a fall from the boom to the main deck; taken ill on 9 October 1804, discharged 12 October 1804 to duty.

Folio 8: Mr Martin Briew, aged 45, master, taken ill at Cape St. Nicholas; sick or hurt, pain in the lumbar region extending to the joint of his right thigh; taken ill on 7 November 1804, discharged 12 November 1804 to duty.

Folio 8: John Calquhoan, aged 20, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, small circumscribed tumor on the lower and outer part of the left thigh; taken ill on 21 November 1804, discharged 26 November 1804 to duty.

Folio 8: John Cloake, aged 20, carpenter crew, taken ill at Cape St. Nicholas; sick or hurt, wounded by a cutlass while exercising on shore; taken ill on 4 December 1804, discharged 12 December 1804 to duty.

Folio 8: John Broad, aged 45, gunner mate, taken ill at Port Royal; sick or hurt, contusion on the wrist of the right hand while stowing the spirit room; taken ill on 20 December 1804, discharged 31 December 1804 to duty.

Folio 9: Mr A Wheatley, aged 30, carpenter, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, extreme debility with general lassitude and loss of appetite; taken ill on 30 December 1804, discharged 5 January 1805 to duty.

Folio 9: James Newman, aged 54, quarter master, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, severe pains in his head and back with shivering and nausea; taken ill on 12 January 1805, discharged 6 January 1805 to duty.

Folio 9: John Garterell, aged 21, ordinary seaman, taken ill at Ocho Rios, Jamaica; sick or hurt, pains in his head and breast with extreme thirst and the belly costive; taken ill on 18 January 1805, discharged 1 February 1805 to duty.

Folios 9-10: John Waters, aged 40, ordinary seaman, taken ill at Ocho Rios, Jamaica; sick or hurt, severe pains in his head and back with nausea and inclination to vomit and eye much inflamed, he had been a deserter from the Hunter and was brought from a jail at [St Amis] on 25 January 1805 where he was ill 24 hours before; taken ill on 25 January 1805, died 30 January 1805.

Folio 10: Mr Thomas Gill, aged 32, lieutenant, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain and stiffness of his right shoulder joint extending to elbow; taken ill on 28 January 1805, discharged 4 February 1805 to duty.

Folio 10: Robert Carmicheal, aged 24, carpenter crew, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, contusion on his back received by a falling of spar; taken ill on 31 January 1805, discharged 5 February 1805 to duty.

Folios 10-11: Bart [Bartholomew] McHenesy, aged 30, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain of his head and limbs and belly costive; taken ill on 12 February 1805, discharged 16 February 1805 to duty.

Folio 11: George Glass, aged 26, able seaman, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain of his head and back attended with shivering and violent heat of the skin; taken ill on 15 February 1805, discharged 21 February 1805 to duty.

Folio 11: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folio 12: Formulas of medicine used in the treatment of medical cases in the sick lists.

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