Medical journal of HMS Renard from 30 October 1802 to 30 October 1803 by Robert Scott,...

ADM 101/117/2C

1802-1803

Medical journal of HMS Renard from 30 October 1802 to 30 October 1803 by Robert Scott, during which time the said ship was employed in Ireland, the West Indies, and cruising in the English Channel.

[Note: ADM 101/117/2, 2A-2E are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/117/2].

Folio 1: Blank.

Folio 2: Rattipp Swan, aged 30, corporal marines; sick or hurt, violent stitch in the left breast with frequent cough; put on sick list, 10 November 1802 at Plymouth. Discharged 14 November 1802 to Plymouth Hospital.

Folios 2-3: William Mason, aged 26, seaman; sick or hurt, lues venerea; put on sick list, 20 November 1802 at Falmouth. Discharged 7 February 1803 to duty.

Folio 3: Mr Gordon, aged 20, midshipman; sick or hurt, wound; put on sick list, 20 November 1802 off Falmouth. Discharged 3 December 1802 to duty.

Folios 3-4: Peter Joice, aged 34, private, marine; sick or hurt, pain of arm and elbow joint; put on sick list, 24 November 1802 off Falmouth. Discharged 12 December 1802 to duty.

Folio 4: Thomas Reilly, aged 29, seaman; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea; put on sick list, 30 December 1802 at Waterford. Discharged 29 January 1803 to duty.

Folios 4-4A: Thomas White, aged 23, seaman; sick or hurt, [?]; put on sick list, 16 January 1803 at Waterford. Discharged 3 February 1803 to duty.

Folio 4A-5: Richard Williams, aged 25, seaman; sick or hurt, [venereal disease?]; put on sick list, 18 January 1803 at Waterford. Discharged ?

Folio 5: John Taylor, aged ?, carpenter's mate; sick or hurt, bloody flux; put on sick list, 8 January 1803 at Waterford. Discharged 28 February 1803 to duty.

Folio 5: Michael McNeal, aged 25, sailor; sick or hurt, [?]; put on sick list, 8 January 1803 at Waterford. Died 28 February 1803.

Folio 6: James White, aged 24, sailor; sick or hurt, lues venerea; put on sick list, 19 February 1803 at Waterford. Discharged 24 April 1803 to duty.

Folios 6-7: William Poer, aged 40, carpenter's mate; sick or hurt, rigors and symptoms of pyrexia; put on sick list, 27 April 1803. Discharged 8 May1803 to duty.

Folio 7: William Hayland, aged 36, armourer's mate; sick or hurt, rigors and symptoms of pyrexia; put on sick list, 9 May 1803 off Martinique. Discharged 26 May1803 to duty.

Folio 7: Nicholas Colthurst, aged 20, midshipman; sick or hurt, pain in the umbilicus region; put on sick list, 16 May 1803 off Martinique. Discharged 22 May1803 to duty.

Folio 8: John Williams, aged 29, marine; sick or hurt, violent pain in breast; put on sick list, 17 May 1803 Barbadoes. Discharged 9 July 1803 to hospital.

Folio 8: William Bright, aged 29, sailor; sick or hurt, [?]; put on sick list, 18 May 1803 Barbadoes. Discharged 9 July 1803 to hospital.

Folio 9: Richard Davis, aged 30, sailor; sick or hurt, wounded wrist; put on sick list, 3 August 1803 Channel. Discharged 30 August 1803 to duty.

Folios 9-10: John Shea, aged 38, seaman; sick or hurt, struck in the loins by the spanker boom; put on sick list, 6 September 1803 Channel. Discharged 30 October 1803 not cured.

Folios 9-10: John Thomson, aged 24, carpenter's mate; sick or hurt, headache, pain in back and loins with nausea and sickness at the stomach; put on sick list, 10 September 1803 Channel. Discharged 29 September 1803 to duty.

Folio 10: Numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 10-11: Surgeon's general remarks.

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Topics

Caribbean

Ireland

Disease

Navy

Medicine

Armed Forces (General Administration)