Medical journal of the Mary Ann , convict ship from 4 June to 18 November 1839 by...

Medical journal of the Mary Ann, convict ship from 4 June to 18 November 1839 by William Bland, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed between Woolwich to Sydney, New South Wales.

Folio 1: Copy of the sick book kept on the Mary Ann from 1 July to 18 November 1839, [names and details follow]:

• Folio 1: Jane Potter, aged 26, convict; sick or hurt, menorrhagia; put on sick list 2 July 1839, discharged 10 July 1839.
• Folio 1: Mary Mayley, aged 49, convict; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 2 July 1839, discharged 6 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Jane Hamilton, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, phlogosis; put on sick list 3 July 1839, discharged 9 July 1839.
• Folio 1: Jane McFarlane, aged 45, convict; sick or hurt, psora; put on sick list 3 July 1839, discharged 23 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Mary Wilson, aged 50, convict; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 7 July 1839, discharged 22 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Fanny Girkins, aged 20, convict; sick or hurt, scrofula; put on sick list 20 July 1839, sent 18 November 1839 to hospital.
• Folio 1: Ann McKay, aged 40, convict; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list 22 July 1839, discharged 27 July 1839.
• Folio 1: Helen Donaldson, aged 23, convict; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list 23 July 1839, discharged 2 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Grace Souter, aged 42, convict; sick or hurt, colica; put on sick list 1 August 1839, discharged 7 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Letitia Richardson, aged 28, convict; sick or hurt, cephalalgia; put on sick list 4 August 1839, discharged 8 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Elizabeth Estnor, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 5 August 1839, discharged 14 October 1839.
• Folio 1: Sophia Clifton, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, icterus; put on sick list 10 August 1839, discharged 27 August 1839.
• Folio 1: Hannah Brock, aged 32, convict; sick or hurt, amennorhoea; put on sick list 10 August 1839, discharged 14 October 1839.
• Folio 1: Margaret Mitchell, aged 31, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 25 August 1839, discharged 2 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Mary Hinds, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 29 August 1839, discharged 18 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Ann Urquhart, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 1 September 1839, discharged 23 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Sarah Annetts, aged 28, convict; sick or hurt, vermes; put on sick list 2 September 1839, discharged 18 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Martha Shuttleworth, aged 32, convict; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 10 September 1839, discharged 28 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Helen Bain, aged 51, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 20 September 1839, discharged 25 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Mary Sidebottom, aged 40, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 22 September 1839, discharged 25 September 1839.
• Folio 1: Bertha Hutchison, aged 18, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 28 September 1839, discharged 8 October 1839.
• Folio 1: Isabella Hannah, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, scrofula; put on sick list 9 October 1839, sent 18 November 1839 to hospital.
• Folio 1: Ann Dingwall, aged 15, convict; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 12 October 1839, discharged 20 October 1839.
• Folio 1: Margaret Mitchell, aged 31, convict; sick or hurt, nephritis; put on sick list 14 October 1839, discharged 3 November 1839.
• Folio 1: Elizabeth Estnor, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 23 October 1839, died 4 November 1839.
• Folio 1: Janet Bell, aged 24, convict; sick or hurt, cephalalgia; put on sick list 25 October 1839, discharged 18 November 1839.
• Folio 1: Mary Henshall, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, colica; put on sick list 6 November 1839, discharged 12 November 1839.
• Total 27 cases. Died 1. Signed: William Bland, surgeon and superintendent.

Folio 2: blank.

Folios 3-5: case no 1, Sophia Clifton, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, icterus; put on sick list 10 August 1839, discharged 27 August 1839 well.

Folios 6-8: case no 2, Hannah Brock, aged 32, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, amennorhoea; put on sick list 10 August 1839, discharged 14 October 1839 well.

Folios 8-10: case no 3, Sarah Annetts, aged 28, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, vermes; put on sick list 2 September 1839, discharged 18 September 1839 well.

Folios 10-14: case no 4, Letitia Richardson, aged 28, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, cephalalgia; put on sick list 4 August 1839, discharged 18 September 1839 well.

Folios 14-18: case no 5, Isabella Hannah, aged 21, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scrofula; put on sick list 9 October 1839, sent 18 November 1839 to hospital at Sydney.

Folios 18-20: case no 6, Margaret Mitchell, aged 31, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, nephritis; put on sick list 14 October 1839, discharged 3 November 1839 well.

Folios 21-25: case no 7, Elizabeth Estnor, aged 22, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysenteria, was put on the list with irregularity of the bowels arrising from the sea sickness, she was in the habit of eating things partly indegestable, such as swallowing whole peas uncooked many of which were discovered in her stools; put on sick list 5 August 1839, died 4 November 1839 at 9 am.

Folio 25: nosological return of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 26-30: Surgeon's general remarks. Very little can be said relating to any of the diseases recorded in the journal for except one fatal case of dysentery [case no 7], nothing else took place worthy of notice. Embarked at Woolwich between 19 June and 1 July [1839] 143 female convicts and 23 children, and 6 free women and children, leaving Woolwich on 18 July [1839], touching at Santa Cruz for a few hours, finally anchored in Port Jackson on 10 November 1839.

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