Medical and surgical journal of HMS Maidstone for 19 November 1811 to 24 March 1812...

ADM 101/108/4A

1811-1812

Medical and surgical journal of HMS Maidstone for 19 November 1811 to 24 March 1812 by Augustus B Granville.

[Note: ADM 101/108/4, 4A-4C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/108/4].

Folio 1: Preliminary remarks: The surgeon of HMS Maidstone on joining the ship on 19 November 1811 had not received the full supply of medicines and necessaries to 'afford any effectual assistance to the occasional indispositions, which did not fail to present themselves'. The surgeon of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford undertook the medical duties in the meantime.

Folio 2: John Harrison, aged 32, captain of the maintop; sick or hurt, rheumatismus. Had lately returned from the Oriental Indies; Put on sick list, 15 December 1811 at Gravesend, discharged 20 January 1812 to duty.

Folios 2-3: Johnatan Potters, aged 35, seaman; sick or hurt, febris quotidiana.; Put on sick list, 17 December 1811 at Gravesend, discharged 21 January 1812 to duty.

Folios 3-4: Edward Berry, aged 31, seaman; sick or hurt, luxatio tali cum ulcere; Put on sick list, 23 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 30 January 1812 to duty.

Folio 4: John Linch, aged 20, seaman; sick or hurt, catarrhus calidus; Put on sick list, 24 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 11 January 1812 to duty.

Folio 4: Charles Shakle, aged 32, quartermaster; sick or hurt, inflammation dettoidis spontanea; Put on sick list, 26 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 14 January 1812 to duty.

Folios 4-5: Mr Webb, aged 19, midshipman; sick or hurt, syphilis; Put on sick list, 26 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 11 January 1812 to duty.

Folio 5: Thomas Harden, aged 30, sailor; sick or hurt, febris intermitten tertiana; Put on sick list, 27 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 10 January 1812 to duty.

Folio 5: Henry Stonelake, aged 25, sailor; sick or hurt, syphilis cum gonorrhoea; Put on sick list, 27 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 14 January 1812 to duty.

Folio 5: Arthur Anderson, aged 19, mizentopman; sick or hurt, syphilis cum verrucis; Put on sick list, 27 December 1811 at Great Nore, discharged 17 January 1812 to duty.

Folios 6-7: Philip Higgins, aged 40, seaman; sick or hurt, catarrhus cum phthisis; Put on sick list, 28 December 1811 at the Downs, left on board doing light duties.

Folios 7-8: Edward Berry, aged 30, sergeant of the marines; sick or hurt, anomalous complaint; Put on sick list, 1 January 1812 at sea, discharged to duty 15 January 1812.

Folios 8-9: William Thomson, aged 30, seaman; sick or hurt, tertiana; Put on sick list, 1 January 1812 at sea, discharged to duty 20 January 1812.

Folio 9: W Featherston, aged 18, midshipman; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list, 8 January 1812, discharged to duty 15 January 1812.

Folio 9: William Twyford, aged 15, boy; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list, 9 January 1812, discharged to duty 17 January 1812.

Folio 9: Thom Walton, aged 36, boy; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list, 16 January 1812, discharged to duty 20 January 1812.

Folios 9-11: John Classen, aged 28, seaman; sick or hurt, palpatio cordis; Put on sick list, 16 January 1812, discharged to duty 10 March 1812.

Folio 11: Thomas Magee, aged 25, seaman; sick or hurt, pneumonia; Put on sick list, 11 January 1812, Channel; discharged to duty 27 January 1812.

Folio 11: J Linch, aged 19, seaman; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list, 19 January 1812.

Folio 11: Thomas Morris, aged 28, seaman; sick or hurt, catarrhus.

Folio 11: Joseph Pigley, aged 29, marine; sick or hurt, catarrhus; Put on sick list, 20 January 1812; discharged to duty mid February 1812.

Folios 11-12: James Brunton, aged 25, master's mate; sick or hurt, pneumonia; Put on sick list, 8 January 1812, Channel; discharged 14 January 1812 to Plymouth hospital.

Folios 12-14: Thomas Smith alias Engleman, age [not stated], landsman (a Prussian by birth); sick or hurt, suspended animation lumbar abscess (fell overboard); Put on sick list, 18 January 1812, Channel; died 5 February 1812 at sea.

Folios 14-20: William Brown, aged 30, seaman; sick or hurt, ischuria vesicalis; Put on sick list, 16 January 1812, Plymouth Sound; discharged 23 March 1812 to Mahon hospital.

Folios 20-21: Mr McMahon, age [not stated], midshipman; sick or hurt, phthisis; Put on sick list, February 1812, Plymouth Sound; left on board 24 March 1812 Port Mahon.

Folios 22-24: Blank.

Folio 25: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

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