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Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict transport ship the Ocean (437...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/57/8
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This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict transport ship the Ocean (437... dating from 1817-1818 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 101/57/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1817-1818
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Description (What the record is about)
- Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict transport ship the Ocean (437 tons), for 21 June 1817 to 16 June 1818 by George Fairfowl, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said transport was employed in a passage to New South Wales. (Described at item level). The journal records in detail only symptoms and treatments, often with a full page or more to each case, but not the ship's daily routine, provisions, position or weather observations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4106841/
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ADM 101
Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department...
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