Medical journal of HMS Renard from 12 May 1805 to 12 May 1806 by Andrew Smith, during...

ADM 101/117/2D

1805-1806

Medical journal of HMS Renard from 12 May 1805 to 12 May 1806 by Andrew Smith, during which time the said ship was employed in the West Indies.

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

Folio 1: Blank.

Folio 2: George Dickson, aged 25, landsman; sick or hurt, headache, violent griping, purging and tenesmus attended with fever; put on sick list, 27 May 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 18 June 1805 to duty. Folio 2: John Martin, aged 24, ordinary seaman; sick or hurt, pain in head, back and chest with oppression across the breast, attended with a short consumptive cough; put on sick list, 3 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 16 July 1805 to Port Royal Hospital.

Folio 3: John Scott, aged 22, able seaman; sick or hurt, violent griping and purging attended with tenesmus, headache, nausea and much thirst; put on sick list, 5 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 18 June 1805 to duty. Folio 3: Robert Reid, aged 24, ordinary seaman; sick or hurt, great pain in head, loins, limbs and across the chest; put on sick list, 5 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 9 July 1805 to duty.

Folio 4: William Warren, aged 50, landsman; sick or hurt, violent griping attended with loose slimy stools, pain in head and loins; put on sick list, 7 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 16 July 1805 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 4: Charles Frederick, aged 28, able seaman; sick or hurt, cold shivering, headache, pain and oppression across the chest, nausea and vomiting; put on sick list, 11 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Died 21 June 1805.

Folio 5: Christopher Rockford, aged 30, private marine; sick or hurt, cold shivering, pain in head, back and all over his limbs with a sense of heaviness across the breast with nausea and vomiting; put on sick list, 11 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 16 July 1805 to duty. Folio 5: Charles Thorn, aged 24, private marine; sick or hurt, violent headache, pain in back and limbs with great oppression across the breast, nausea and vomiting; put on sick list, 11 June 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 23 June 1805 to duty.

Folio 6: John Dolphis, aged 26, quartermaster; sick or hurt, spitting of blood attended with cough; put on sick list, 2 July 1805 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 26 July 1805 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 6: Cornelius Moleneaux, aged 22, landsman; sick or hurt, severe headache, pain in the back and all over his limbs, with oppression across the throat; put on sick list, 24 August 1805 cruising near Jamaica. Discharged 24 November 1805 to Port Royal Hospital.

Folio 7: David Sitre, aged 22, supernumerary; sick or hurt, severe headache, pain in the back and all over his limbs, with oppression across the chest; put on sick list, 6 December 1805 at Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 11 December 1805 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 7: Alexander McLaughlan, aged 55, able seaman; sick or hurt, griping and purging, attended with a fixed pain in the right side, extending towards the left hypogastrium; put on sick list, 8 December 1805 at Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged to the Shark receiving ship as an object for survey and has been since invalided.

Folio 8: Isaac Coverdale, aged 22, carpenter's crew; sick or hurt, severe headache, nausea and pain with oppression across the chest; put on sick list, 9 December 1805 at Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 20 January 1806 to duty. Folio 8: Antone Joseph, aged 25, supernumerary; sick or hurt, cold shivering, violent pain in back and all over his limbs, great oppression across the chest, nausea and vomiting ; put on sick list, 16 December 1805 at Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 18 December 1805 to duty. Folio 8: Robert Kelshaw, aged 40, able seaman; sick or hurt, violent griping and tenesmus attended with fever ; put on sick list, 29 December 1805 cruising near Jamaica. Discharged 24 December 1806 to duty.

Folio 9: John Dodridge, aged 40, able seaman; sick or hurt, cold shivering, headache, pain and oppression across the chest; put on sick list, 17 January 1806 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 26 March 1806 invalided to Port Royal. Folio 9: John Thomas, aged 20, supernumerary; sick or hurt, severe griping, purging and tenesmus; put on sick list, 20 February 1806 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 19 March 1806 invalided to Port Royal.

Folio 10: John Thornton, aged 24, able seaman; sick or hurt, great pain along the course of the thigh particularly near the ham where there appears to be a tumour forming with other tumours on other parts of the body; put on sick list, 26 February 1806 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 24 March 1806 invalided to Port Royal Hospital since invalided. Folio 10: James Evans, aged 35, able seaman; sick or hurt, cold shivering, pains all over his limbs, head and pain with great oppression across the chest; put on sick list, 28 February 1806 cruising off Jamaica. Died 4 March 1806 on board.

Folio 11: Nathaniel Cross, aged 20, ordinary seaman; sick or hurt, violent headache, cold shivering and pain all over his limbs; put on sick list, 28 February 1806 cruising off Jamaica. Discharged 8 March 1806 to duty. Folio 11: John Blackson, aged 32, able seaman; sick or hurt, cold shivering, headache, pain in the loins and limbs with pain and oppression across the chest, nausea and vomiting; put on sick list, 3 March 1806 Bluefields Jamaica. Discharged 4 April 1806 to duty.

Folio 12: John Hartley, aged 23, purser's steward; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 23 March 1806 Port Royal Harbour Jamaica. Discharged 24 March 1806 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 12: Blake Fletcher, aged 24, able seaman; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 23 March 1806 Port Royal Harbour Jamaica. Discharged 24 March 1806 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 12: Henry Bayly, aged 22, ordinary seaman; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 24 March 1806 Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 24 March 1806 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 12: John White, aged 22, ordinary seaman; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 24 March 1806 Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 24 March 1806 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 12: William Kelner, aged 30, private marine; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list, 25 March 1806 Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 26 March 1806 to Port Royal Hospital. Folio 12: John Thompson, aged 28, able seaman; sick or hurt, violent pain in head and across the chest with oppression and nausea; put on sick list, 26 March 1806 Port Royal Jamaica. Discharged 12 April 1806 to duty.

Folio 13: Numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 13-14: Surgeon's general remarks.

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