Medical and surgical journal the convict ship Mandarin for 8 February to 6 July 1840...

Medical and surgical journal the convict ship Mandarin for 8 February to 6 July 1840 by Alexander McKechnie, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in conveying convicts to Hobart Town, Tasmania.

Folios 1-2: Joseph Hudson, aged 26, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, haemoptysis. Put on sick list, 4 March 1840. Discharged 12 March 1840.

Folios 2-3: James Williams, aged 30, soldier 51st Regiment; case number 2; disease or hurt, febris. Put on sick list, 8 April 1840. Died 10 April 1840.

Folios 4-5: Thomas Connall, aged 22, soldier 96th Regiment; case number 3; disease or hurt, colica spasmod. Put on sick list, 15 April 1840. Discharged 25 April 1840.

Folio 5: Thomas Bush, aged 22, convict; case number 4; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 18 April 1840. Discharged 24 April 1840.

Folios 5-6: John Gallop, aged 28, convict; case number 5; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 24 April 1840. Discharged 24 April 1840.

Folio 6: John House, aged 27, convict; case number 6; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 26 April 1840. Discharged 30 April 1840.

Folios 7-8: George Coe, aged 33, convict; case number 7; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 7 May 1840. Discharged 4 June 1840.

Folio 8: Richard Cass, aged 22, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 25 May 1840. Discharged 9 June 1840.

Folios 9-10: Thomas Mole, aged 23, convict; case number 9; disease or hurt, scorbutus and catarrh. Put on sick list, 25 May 1840. Discharged 6 July 1840 to the Colonial Hospital.

Folios 10-11: Thomas Evans, aged 19, convict; case number 10; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 27 May 1840. Discharged 2 June 1840.

Folios 11-12: Walter Duke, aged 33, convict; case number 11; disease or hurt, purpura. Put on sick list, 8 June 1840. Died 10 June 1840.

Folios 13-14: William Bolden, aged 52, convict; case number 12; disease or hurt, purpura. Put on sick list, 11 June 1840. Discharged 6 July 1840 to the Colonial Hospital.

Folio 15: Charles Baker, aged 30, convict; case number 13; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 12 June 1840. Discharged 23 June 1840.

Folios 16-17: John Morton, aged 24, convict; case number 14; disease or hurt, purpura. Put on sick list, 24 June 1840. Discharged 29 June 1840.

Folios 17-18: Francis Rogers, aged 20, convict; case number 15; disease or hurt, catarrh. Put on sick list, 28 June 1840. Discharged 1 July 1840 to the Colonial Hospital.

Folio 18: Jean Jacques Courbean, aged 62, convict; case number 16; disease or hurt, atrophia. Put on sick list, 29 June 1840. Discharged 1 July 1840 to the Colonial Hospital.

Folio 18: John Williams, aged 25, convict; case number 17; disease or hurt, hernia. Put on sick list, 2 July 1840. Discharged 2 July 1840 and supplied with a truss.

Folios 19-21A: Blank.

Folio 22: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folio 23: A list of men who have received wounds or hurts, during the period of the journal. [No names recorded].

Folios 23-25: Surgeon's general remarks.

Folio 25A: List of trusses issued which makes reference to John Williams (see above folio 18).

Folios 26-29: Letter from Alexander McKechnie to Sir William Burnett dated 14 July 1840, Hobart Town.

Folio 29: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folios 30-33: Copy of the daily sick book.

Folios 33-35: Abstract of the journal of the convict ship Mandarin from leaving Deptford on 12 February to 30 June 1840 with details of latitude, longitude, barometer and thermometer readings and remarks about the direction of the wind and weather conditions.

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