Medical journal of the convict ship Thomas Arbuthnot for 30 November 1846 to 8 May...

Medical journal of the convict ship Thomas Arbuthnot for 30 November 1846 to 8 May 1847 by Henry Baker, RN, surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in carrying prisoners to Port Philip.

Folio 1: copy of the sick book [names and details follow]:

• Folio 1: Robert Barrett, aged 26, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 8 December 1846; discharged 15 December 1846 cured.
• Folio 1: Sergeant Cooper, aged 35; sick or hurt, ulcer; put on sick list, 9 December 1846; discharged 31 December 1846 cured.
• Folio 1: Peter Sutherland, aged 25, sailor; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea; put on sick list, 10 December 1846; discharged 26 December 1846 cured.
• Folio 1: Henry Street, aged 20, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 11 December 1846; discharged 17 December 1846 cured.
• Folio 1: Henry Perkins, aged 21, prisoner; sick or hurt, phthisis incipiens; put on sick list, 31 December 1846; discharged 31 December 1846 to hospital.
• Folio 1: James Bowman, aged 22, soldier; sick or hurt, epilepsy; put on sick list, 6 January 1847; discharged 7 January 1847 to hospital.
• Folio 1: James Smith, aged 23, prisoner; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 8 January 1847; discharged 12 January 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Joseph Bailey, aged 25, sailor; sick or hurt, sprain; put on sick list, 10 January 1847; discharged 22 January 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: James Gaven, aged 24, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 12 January 1847; discharged 23 January 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: William King, aged 26, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 21 January 1847; discharged 24 January 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Richard Cragg, aged 28, prisoner; sick or hurt, dysuria; put on sick list, 24 January 1847; discharged 27 February 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Edward Westbury, aged 18, prisoner; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list, 25 January 1847; discharged 16 April 1847 died.
• Folio 1: James Kean, aged 30, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 6 February 1847; discharged 10 March 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: John Philips, aged 30, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 10 February 1847; discharged 28 February 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: F G Arkell, aged 23, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 12 February 1847; discharged 25 February 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: William Webb, aged 32, prisoner; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list, 21 February 1847; discharged 28 February 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Peter Sutherland, aged 25, sailor; sick or hurt, tumour; put on sick list, 10 March 1847; discharged 5 April 1847 to duty.
• Folio 1: William Todd, aged 23, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 11 March 1847; discharged 20 March 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Arthur McNiel, aged 20, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 14 March 1847; discharged 19 March 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: John Stafford, aged 21, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 1 April 1847; discharged 12 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: John Murphy, aged 22, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 3 April 1847; discharged 14 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Edward Cliff, aged 30, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 April 1847; discharged 14 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Arthur McNiel, aged 20, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 April 1847; discharged 20 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: John Motherway, aged 14, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 April 1847; discharged 23 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Henry Anscomb, aged 19, prisoner; sick or hurt, scald; put on sick list, 11 April 1847; discharged 25 April 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: David Ludham, aged 17, prisoner; sick or hurt, fracture; put on sick list, 17 April 1847; discharged 4 May 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Henry Carter, aged 21, prisoner; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 23 April 1847; discharged 1 May 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: William Billingham, aged 23, prisoner; sick or hurt, ulcer; put on sick list, 24 April 1847; discharged 4 May 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Richard Russell, aged 27, prisoner; sick or hurt, ulcer; put on sick list, 26 April 1847; discharged 4 May 1847 cured.
• Folio 1: Thomas Smith, aged 26, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 15 April 1847; discharged 1 May 1847 cured.

Folio 2: Sergeant Cooper, age [not stated], 96th Regiment; case number 1; sick or hurt, two large ulcers on the right tibia; put on sick list, 10 December 1846; discharged 5 January 1847 to duty.

Folio 2: Henry Perkins, aged 21, prisoner; case number 2; sick or hurt, phthisis incipiens; put on sick list, 14 December 1846; discharged 31 December 1846 to the York hulk at Portsmouth.

Folio 3: James Bowen, aged 20, private, 96th Regiment; case number 3; sick or hurt, epilepsy, had two severe fits while on board through which 'his intellect was somewhat impaired', totally unfit for service; put on sick list, 7 January 1847; discharged 7 January 1847 to the hospital at Portsmouth.

Folio 3: Edward Westbury, aged 18, Parkhurst boy; case number [not stated]; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis, no post mortem carried out 'but he appears to have had abcesses on the lungs a small one of which had burst before he came on board'; put on sick list, 25 January 1847; died 16 April 1847.

Folio 4: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folio 5: Surgeon's general remarks. The total number of days that the Guard and prisoners were under my care was 155. During which time there was very little sickness amongst them. One of the prisoners a Parkhurst boy, died of disease of the lungs when within 10 days sail of our destination, and another Parkhurst boy fractured the right clavicle by a fall, these were the only two cases of any consequence that occurred during the voyage. They all landed in good health on 9 May 1847. None being sent to the hospital.

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