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Medical and surgical journal of HMS Plover for 1 January to 31 December 1850 by John...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/113/2C
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ADM 101/113/2C
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1850
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Medical and surgical journal of HMS Plover for 1 January to 31 December 1850 by John Simpson, Assistant Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in the Behring’s Straits (Arctic searching expedition). [Note: ADM 101/113/2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/113/2].
Folios 1-3: Copy of sick list.
Folios 3-4: John Dean, aged 36, able seaman; case number 1; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 24 January 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 9 February 1850 to duty.
Folio 4: John Clarke, aged 33, able seaman; case number 2; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 24 January 1850. Discharged 11 February 1850 at Kolzbne Sound to duty.
Folios 4-5: William Simpson, aged 34, sergeant, marine; case number 3; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 15 March 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 28 March 1850 to duty.
Folio 5: C.W. Stevenson, aged 19, master’s assistant; case number 4; disease or hurt, dysuria. Put on sick list, 21 March 1850. Discharged 26 March 1850 at Kolzbne Sound to duty.
Folios 5-6: Thomas Tobin, aged 23, able seaman; case number 5; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 21 March 1850. Discharged 12 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound to duty.
Folio 6: John Knight, aged 27, able seaman; case number 6; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 21 March 1850. Discharged 13 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound to duty.
Folios 6-7: C.W. Stevenson, aged 19, master’s assistant; case number 7; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 10 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 26 April 1850 to duty.
Folio 7: John Cobham, aged 32, private, marine; case number 8; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 26 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 5 May 1850 to duty.
Folio 7: Thomas Price, aged 27, able seaman; case number 9; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 28 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 5 May 1850 to duty.
Folios 7-8: George Baker, aged 55, boatswain’s mate; case number 10; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 28 April 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 6 May 1850 to duty.
Folio 8: Ebenezer J. Clarke, aged 34, private, marine; case number 11; disease or hurt, dysuria. Put on sick list, 11 July 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 14 September 1850 invalided.
Folios 8-9: Thomas Tobin, aged 24, able seaman; case number 12; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 13 July 1850 at Kolzbne Sound. Discharged 25 July 1850 to duty.
Folio 9: Richard Creber, aged 33; case number 13; disease or hurt, febris intermittens. Put on sick list, 24 August 1850 at sea. Discharged 14 September 1850 to duty.
Folios 9-10: John Johns, aged 33, carpenter; case number 14; disease or hurt, febris remit gastric. Put on sick list, 12 September 1850. Discharged 19 September 1850 for exchange into Herald.
Folio 11: A nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of the journal.
Folios 12-14: Surgeon’s general remarks including a scale of provisions for one week (folio 13) and a table showing the monthly range and mean of the thermometer for January to December 1850 (folio 14).
Folios 15-16: Blank.
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