Medical journal of the convict ship Minstrel for 19 March to 26 August 1825, which...

Medical journal of the convict ship Minstrel for 19 March to 26 August 1825, which sailed to New South Wales, by Hugh Walker, surgeon and superintendent.

Folios 1-2: Henry Herrings, convict, aged 31; disease or hurt, two ulcers on his right leg, a little below the knee on the anterior part of the tibia, each the breadth of a dollar. Also one double the size situated on the calf a little below the ham. Has previously escaped from sentence of transportation in 1816. Previously on board the Justitia convict hulk. Taken ill, 5 April 1825 at Woolwich. Discharged on 28 June 1825.

Folios 3-3A: Henry Fussel, convict, aged 18; disease or hurt, epilepsy. Taken ill, 28 April 1825 at sea. Discharged on 12 May 1825.

Folio 3A: Ann White, aged 11 months; disease or hurt, fever. Taken ill, 28 April 1825 at sea. Discharged on 4 May 1825.

Folios 4-5: Thomas Chester, private soldier, aged 19; disease or hurt, sea sickness and epilepsy. Taken ill, 28 April 1825 at sea. Discharged on 20 May 1825.

Folio 5: Henry Fairmaner, convict, aged 30; disease or hurt, chancres on the glans penis with phymosis. Taken ill, 29 April 1825 at sea. Discharged on 4 June 1825.

Folios 5-6: Catherine Connor, aged 4; disease or hurt, this girl is of very delicate constitution, being a twin. Has symptoms of worms, hardness and fullness of the abdomen and is considerably emaciated with a pale countenance. Taken ill, 28 May 1825. Died 5 June 1825.

Folio 6: issued to Charles Wilson, convict, on the 16 April 1825 a single truss for a rupture in the left side.

Folio 7: William Brown, convict, aged 30; disease or hurt, sickness at stomach, loss of appetite, slight headache, skin dry with thirst. Taken ill, 29 May 1825 at sea. Discharged 30 June 1825.

Folio 8: John Boswell, convict, aged 29; disease or hurt, headache and pain in the breast, skin hot, and dry with a full, strong and hard pulse. Taken ill, 10 June 1825 at sea. Discharged 15 June 1825.

Folio 8: Occasional cathartics have been administered this month [June 1825] to several convicts who have been affected with constipation.

Folios 8-9: John Sheen, convict, aged 27; disease or hurt, euysipetatous inflammation on the right leg, extending from the knee, to the middle of the calf; attended with oedematous swelling and some contractions of the hams, gums soft and spongy. Taken ill, 3 July 1825 at sea. Discharged 20 July 1825.

Folios 9-10: William Frowen, convict, aged 38; disease or hurt, pains in back and limbs with cough and oppression of the chest, gums soft and spongy with oedematous swelling of his legs. Taken ill, 4 August 1825 at sea. Discharged 16 August 1825.

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