Medical journal of the convict ship Minerva , for 18 August to 26 December 1839 by...

ADM 101/54/6B

1839

Medical journal of the convict ship Minerva, for 18 August to 26 December 1839 by Patrick Magovern, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage from Dublin to Sydney, New South Wales.

[Note: ADM 101/54/6, 6A and 6B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/54/6].

Folio 1: Pat Quinn, aged 4; seaman; case number 1; sick or hurt, fracture of both bones of the left arm; put on sick list, 25 August 1839 at sea. Discharged 23 September 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Michael Sullivan, aged 4 years and 5 months, convict's child; boy; case number 2; sick or hurt, varicella; put on sick list, 27 August 1839 at sea. Discharged 7 September 1839.

Folios 2-3: Catherine Irvine, aged 35; convict; case number 3; sick or hurt, spasmodic asthma; put on sick list, 30 August 1839, died 5 September 1839.

Folios 3-4: Catherine Lindon, aged 23; convict; sick or hurt, case number 4; parturition; put on sick list, 2 September 1839, discharged 1 October 1839.

Folio 4: Margaret Draingould, aged 34; convict; case number 5; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list, 6 September 1839, discharged 12 September 1839.

Folio 4: Mary Tierney, aged 20; convict; case number 6; sick or hurt, pleuritis; put on sick list, 7 September 1839, discharged 12 September 1839.

Folio 5: Elizabeth Allen, aged 18; free settler; case number 7; sick or hurt, opthalmia; put on sick list, 18 September 1839, discharged 23 September 1839.

Folio 5: John Carey, aged 19; free settler's son; case number 8; sick or hurt, dislocation of the right humoris; put on sick list, 18 September 1839, discharged 20 September 1839.

Folio 5: Bella Stewart, aged 26; convict; case number 9; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 6 September 1839 at sea, discharged 24 September 1839.

Folio 5: Catherine McGarry, aged 21; convict; case number 10; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 19 September 1839 at sea, discharged 23 September 1839.

Folio 6: Catherine Casey, aged 50; convict; case number 11; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 20 September 1839, discharged 30 September 1839.

Folios 6-7: Michael Horan, aged 1 year and 6 months; convict's child; case number 12; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 October 1839, died 13 October 1839.

Folio 7: Mary Ferns, aged 26; free settler's servant; case number 13; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 12 October 1839, discharged 18 October 1839.

Folio 8: Catherine Bradshaw, aged 30; convict; case number 14; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list, 15 October 1839, discharged 6 November 1839.

Folios 8-10: Susan Stratton, aged 32; convict; case number 15; sick or hurt, diarrhoea biliosa; put on sick list, 20 October 1839, died 2 December 1839.

Folio 10: Elizabeth Molyneux, aged 20; convict; case number 16; sick or hurt, contusio; put on sick list, 2 December 1839 at sea, discharged 9 December 1839.

Folio 10: Mary Sullivan, aged 25; convict; case number 17; sick or hurt, parturition; put on sick list, 18 November 1839 at sea, discharged 8 December 1839.

Folio 11: Mary Shea, aged 50; convict; case number 18; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 December 1839 at sea, discharged 10 December 1839 cured.

Folio 11: Sydney Ormsby, aged 15; convict; case number 19; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 12 December 1839 at sea, discharged 20 December 1839.

Folio 12: Margaret [?], aged 20; convict; case number 20; sick or hurt, phlogosis; put on sick list, 12 December 1839 at sea, discharged 19 December 1839.

Folios 13-22: Blank.

Folio 23: a nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folios 24-25: Surgeon's general remarks.

Public Record(s)

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Topics

Shipping

Australia and Pacific

Disease

Navy

Medicine

Armed Forces (General Administration)