Medical journal of HMS Philomel for 5 September 1853 to 18 March 1854, by W Hannant,...

ADM 101/112/7D

1853-1854

Medical journal of HMS Philomel for 5 September 1853 to 18 March 1854, by W Hannant, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on the West Coast of Africa. (Described at item level).

[Note: ADM 101/112/7, 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/112/7].

Folios 1-2: Copy of daily sick list.

Folios 2-3: case no 1, Charles Hurley, aged 31, Corporal Marine; taken ill at Plymouth; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 17 September 1853, discharged 1 October 1853 to duty.

Folio 3: case no 2, William Harris, aged 30, Able Seaman; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list, 8 October 1853, discharged 26 October 1853 to duty.

Folio 4: case no 3, Mr Whitbourne, aged 42, Carpenter; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, orchitis; put on sick list, 15 November 1853, discharged 30 November 1853 to duty.

Folios 5-6: case no 4, James Warne, aged 42, Boatswain's Mate; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list, 17 November 1853, discharged 25 December 1853 to duty.

Folio 6: case no 5, James Sims, aged 32, Boatswain's Mate; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list, 17 November 1853, discharged 25 December 1853 to duty.

Folios 7-8: case no 6, James Whitford, aged 24, Musician; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list, 30 September 1853, discharged 25 December 1853 to duty.

Folio 8: case no 7, Robert Melluish, aged 25, Private Marine; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, vulnus, second toe of the left foot crushed by a gun slide; put on sick list, 12 November 1853, discharged 21 January 1854 to duty.

Folio 9: case no 8, Robert Melluish, aged 25, Private Marine; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, hypertrophy of heart; put on sick list, 30 January 1854, discharged 15 February 1854 to HMS Alecto for passage to Ascension Hospital.

Folios 9-10: case no 9, Thomas Tedbury, aged 25, Able Seaman; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 19 November 1853, discharged 15 February 1854 to HMS Alecto for passage to Ascension Hospital.

Folio 11: case no 10, Edwin Moore, aged 24, Able Seaman; taken ill off River Congo; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list, 13 February 1854, discharged 18 March 1854 to HMS Teazer for passage to Ascension Hospital.

Folio 12: case no 11, Charles Hill, aged 32, Marine; taken ill off River Congo; sick or hurt, abscess; put on sick list, 27 February 1854, discharged 13 March 1854 to duty.

Folio 12: Nosological return of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 13-14: Tables of medical statistics.

Folios 14-15: Surgeon's general remarks. The ship was commissioned at Devonport early in August 1853, with a compliment of eighty officers and men. After fitting out, the ship sailed from Falmouth on 24 September for the West Coast of Africa, touched at Madeira and arrived at Sierra Leone on the 3 November, thence to Cape Coast Castle, Lagos, Fernando Po and on the 6 January 1854 anchored at St Pauls Loando where the ship remained for nine days refitting. From Loando the ship cruized and touching at Ambroz and Kabenda and the river Congo. The ship returned to Loando on the 14 March 1854, two deaths occurred during this period - William Yeo, Boy, 2nd Class, who fell over board and was drowned at sea on 5 October 1853, and Mr. William C Brown, Paymaster, who was found dead in his cabin on 2 December 1853. Signed: William Hannant, Surgeon, HMS Philomel, St Pauls Loando,18 March 1854.

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