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Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Martin Luther for 1 June...

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/252/1A

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ADM 101/252/1A

Date

1852

Description

Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Martin Luther for 1 June to 9 September 1852 by Thomas Crawford, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed from England to Hobart Town.

[Note: ADM 101/252, 1A-1G are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/252].

Folios 1-2: Copy of daily sick book.

Folios 3-5: Anne Henderson, aged 28; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 15 June 1852. Discharged 9 September 1852 to Hobart Town Hospital.

Folio 5: Bridget Kelly, aged 22; disease or hurt, hysteria. Put on sick list, 17 June 1852. Discharged 21 June 1852.

Folio 6: Margaret Currin, aged 36; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 June 1852. Discharged 28 July 1852.

Folio 6: Rose Finlay, aged 27; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 June 1852. Discharged 30 June 1852.

Folio 6: Ellen Donovan, aged 15; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 June 1852. Discharged 27 June 1852.

Folio 7: Mary Sexton, aged 24; disease or hurt, conlipomatta. Put on sick list, 25 June 1852. Discharged 3 July 1852.

Folio 7: Mary Didine, aged 22; disease or hurt, hysteria. Put on sick list, 25 June 1852. Discharged 3 July 1852.

Folio 7: Honora Sale, aged 23; disease or hurt, hysteria. Put on sick list, 27 June 1852. Discharged 6 July 1852.

Folio 8: Honora Dennis, aged 25; disease or hurt, menorrhagia. Put on sick list, 27 June 1852. Discharged 2 July 1852.

Folio 8: Honora [?], aged 25; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 June 1852. Discharged 6 July 1852.

Folio 8: Catherine Whelan, aged 22; disease or hurt, catarrh. Put on sick list, 1 July 1852. Discharged 8 July 1852.

Folio 8: Catherine Walsh, aged 26; disease or hurt, cynanche. Put on sick list, 7 July 1852. Discharged 13 July 1852.

Folio 9: Margaret Smith, aged 29; disease or hurt, cynanche. Put on sick list, 9 July 1852. Discharged 16 July 1852.

Folio 9: Mary Mahony, aged 39; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 13 July 1852. Discharged 15 July 1852.

Folio 9: Mary Gumbelton, aged 30; disease or hurt, phlegmon. Put on sick list, 16 July 1852. Discharged 23 July 1852.

Folio 9: Catherine Ringrose, aged 27; disease or hurt, constipatio. Put on sick list, 20 July 1852. Discharged 23 July 1852.

Folio 10: Mary Lawlor, aged 25; disease or hurt, contusio. Put on sick list, 24 July 1852. Discharged 5 August 1852.

Folio 10: Jane Henry, aged [?]; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 25 July 1852. Discharged 4 August 1852.

Folio 10: Sarah Monaghan, aged 24; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 25 July 1852. Discharged 2 August 1852.

Folio 10: Sarah Maguire, aged 24; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 25 July 1852. Discharged 3 August 1852.

Folio 10: Anne Adamson, aged 22; disease or hurt, cynanche. Put on sick list, 28 July 1852. Discharged 2 August 1852.

Folio 11: Mary Crampton, aged 26; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 2 August 1852. Discharged 8 August 1852.

Folio 11: Eliza Maginnis, aged 48; disease or hurt, constipatio. Put on sick list, 5 August 1852. Discharged 8 August 1852.

Folio 11: Margaret Dougherty, aged 30; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 8 August 1852. Discharged 15 August 1852.

Folio 11: Bridget Byrne, aged 26; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 8 August 1852. Discharged 23 August 1852.

Folio 12: Mary Fitzpatrick, aged 21; disease or hurt, constipatio. Put on sick list, 12 August 1852. Discharged 15 August 1852.

Folio 12: Catherine Cronin, aged 21; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 14 August 1852. Discharged 21 August 1852.

Folio 12: Catherine Bryan, aged 26; disease or hurt, haemorrhois. Put on sick list, 16 August 1852. Discharged 21 August 1852.

Folio 12: Mary Jones, aged 35; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 August 1852. Discharged 26 August 1852.

Folio 13: Bridget [Mara?], aged 25; disease or hurt, hysteria. Put on sick list, 22 August 1852. Discharged 27 August 1852.

Folio 13: Mary Curran, aged [?]; disease or hurt, hysteria. Put on sick list, 22 August 1852. Discharged 27 August 1852.

Folio 13: Anne McCarthy, aged 30; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 August 1852. Discharged 30 August 1852.

Folios 14-15: Blank.

Folio 16: A nosological synopsis of the sock book kept during the period of the journal.

Folios 17-18: Surgeon's general remarks.

Folio 19: Blank.

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Shipping
Disease
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
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