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Medical journal of the Hive convict ship, from 12 July to 10 December 1835 by A Donoghoe,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/34/9
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ADM 101/34/9
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1835
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Medical journal of the Hive convict ship, from 12 July to 10 December 1835 by A Donoghoe, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed on a passage from Ireland to New South Wales.
Folios 1-2: case no 1, Benjamin [Hodinot?], aged 24, private 28th regiment; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 4 August 1835, discharged 30 August 1835 to duty.
Folio 2: case no 2, Joseph Hebbert, aged [?], private 28th regt; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 30 August 1835, discharged 12 September 1835 to duty.
Folios 2-3: case no 3, John Hannan, aged 23, prisoner; sick or hurt, syncope; put on sick list 16 September 1835, discharged 21 September 1835.
Folio 3: case no 4, John Lowe, aged 26, private 28th regiment; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 17 September 1835, discharged 19 September 1835 to duty.
Folios 3-4: case no 5, John [Towlle?], aged 34, prisoner; sick or hurt, hemoptysis; put on sick list 24 September 1835, discharged 18 October 1835 convalescent.
Folio 4: case no 6, Peter McDermott, aged 30, private 28th regiment; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 27 September 1835, discharged 5 October 1835 to duty.
Folios 4-5: case no 7, Joseph Tweeble, aged 60, prisoner; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 4 October 1835, discharged 12 October 1835 convalescent.
Folios 5-6: case no 8, [?] Desmond, aged 18, prisoner; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis; put on sick list 5 October 1835, died 26 October 1835 at 4 am.
Folios 6-7: case no 9, James Harding, aged 22, prisoner; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 27 October 1835, discharged 30 [November?] 1835 convalescent.
Folios 7-8: case no 10, Robert Snelling, aged 27, private 28th regiment; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 15 November 1835, discharged 22 November 1835 to duty.
Folio 8: case no 11, [?], aged 28; sick or hurt, accident; put on sick list 21 November 1835, discharged 8 December 1835.
Folio 9: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.
Folios 10-11: Surgeon's general remarks. The only case of death which happened on board was that of a boy [case no 8] whose early habit of life predisposed him to pulmonary disease contacted during his apprenticeship to a glass manufactory.
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