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Medical journal of HMS Plover, from 1 July 1853 to 30 June 1854 by John Simpson (b),...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/113/3B
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ADM 101/113/3B
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1853-1854
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Medical journal of HMS Plover, from 1 July 1853 to 30 June 1854 by John Simpson (b), surgeon, during which time the ship was employed in the Arctic searching expedition.
[Note: ADM 101/113/3, 3A-3C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/113/3].
Folios 1-2: Copy of sick list.
Folios 3-4: case no. 1, Walter Daw, aged 22, Able Seaman; sick or hurt, scorbutic pains; put on sick list 18 July 1853, discharged 19 August 1853 to duty.
Folios 4-5: case no. 2, Patrick Morgan, aged 33, Carpenter’s Mate; taken ill at Point Barrow; sick or hurt, scurvy; put on sick list 27 July 1853, discharged 19 August 1853 to the Amphitrite.
Folios 5-6: case no. 3, Robert Diamond, aged 26, Private Royal Marine; taken ill at Port Clarence; sick or hurt, scurvy; put on sick list 18 August 1853, discharged 28 August 1853 to duty.
Folios 6-7: case no. 4, Mr. Henry R. Grey, aged 20, Midshipman; taken ill at Point Barrow; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list 26 November 1853, discharged 30 December 1853 to duty.
Folios 7-13: case no. 5, James Faithful, aged 41, Gun Room Steward; taken ill at Point Barrow; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list 13 April 1854, invalided 4 August 1854 and sent to HMS Trincomalee.
Folio 13: Nosological return of cases mentioned in the journal.
Folios 14-16: Tables of medical statistics.
Folios 16-19: Surgeon’s general remarks. On the 1 July 1853 the ship remained fast in the ice at Point Barrow and continued till 25 July when the ice began to move. On 7 August the ship sailed for Port Clarence and arrived there on 13 August 1853, the ship stayed there until 23 of the same month when she sailed for Point Barrow and arrived on 7 September 1853, the ship became fixed in the ice on 16 September and remained there. The Plover met the Rattlesnake on 21 August when the ship took fresh provisions. The Surgeon’s attributed the cause of scurvy to a restricted diet.
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