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Catalogue reference: ADM 101/252/1G
This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Oriental Queen for 22 September... dating from 1852-1853 in the series Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 101/252/1G
1852-1853
Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Oriental Queen for 22 September 1852 to 26 February 1853 by D Geddes, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on a voyage from England to Van Dieman's Land.
[Note: ADM 101/252, 1A-1G are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/252].
Folio 1: List of convicts that died during voyage.
Folio 2: Sick list.
Folio 3: Blank.
Folios 4-6: Thomas Lovatt, aged 38, prisoner; case 1; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 11 November 1852 at sea. Died 21 January 1853.
Folios 6-7: George Gibbs, aged 29, prisoner; case 2; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 16 November 1852 at sea. Died 26 January 1853.
Folios 7-8: Daniel Cairns, aged 26, prisoner; case 3; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 15 December 1852 at sea. Died 30 January 1853.
Folio 8: Thomas Matthews, aged 19, prisoner; case 4; disease or hurt, subluxatio. Put on sick list, 20 February 1853, Hobart Town. Discharged 22 February 1853 to the civil hospital.
Folios 9-14: Blank.
Folio 15: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.
Folios 16-17: Surgeon's general remarks.
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