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Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict ship Hector for 19 May to 24...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/32/9
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This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict ship Hector for 19 May to 24... dating from 1835 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 101/32/9
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- 1835
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Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict ship Hector for 19 May to 24 October 1835 by Morgan Price, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in conveying convicts to Van Dieman's Land.
Folios 1-4: Mary Harvey, aged 42, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 1 July 1835 at sea. Discharged 25 July 1835.
Folios 4-6: Charlotte Chapman, aged 22, convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, pyrexia. Put on sick list, 22 July 1835 at sea. Discharged 26 July 1835 cured.
Folios 6-9: Elizabeth Armstrong, aged 42, convict; case number 3; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 25 July 1835 at sea. Discharged 4 August 1835 cured.
Folios 9-11: Isabella Watt, aged 24, convict; case number 4; disease or hurt, icterus. Put on sick list, 31 July 1835 at sea. Discharged 5 August 1835 cured.
Folios 11-13: Patience Merchant, aged 53, convict; case number 5; disease or hurt, paralysis. Put on sick list, 22 August 1835 at sea. Discharged 2 September 1835 cured.
Folios 13-15: Jane Campbell, aged 52, convict; case number 6; disease or hurt, dysenteria. Put on sick list, 28 September 1835 at sea. Discharged [?] cured.
Folios 15-17: Elspet Leslie, aged 51, convict; case number 7; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 30 September 1835 at sea. Discharged 26 October 1835 cured.
Folio 18: Helen Baldock, aged 23, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 2 October 1835 at sea. Discharged [?] cured.
Folios 19-22: Elizabeth Scott, aged 37, convict (a native of Scotland); case number 9 ; disease or hurt, gradual wasting of body with slight cough. Put on sick list, 3 October 1835 at sea. Discharged 23 October 1835 cured.
Folio 22: Ruth Harris, aged 24, convict; case number 10; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 10 October 1835 at sea. Discharged 20 October 1835 cured.
Folio 23: A nosological synopsis of the journal.
Folios 24-25: Surgeon's general remarks.
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