Medical journal of the emigrant ship David Clark , from 6 June to 2 November 1839...

Medical journal of the emigrant ship David Clark, from 6 June to 2 November 1839 by Archibald Gilchrist, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed on a passage from Greenock to Port Phillip, Australia.

Folio 1: Mary McMaster, aged 39, married; case number 1; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 15 June 1839, discharged 26 June 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Agnes Foreman, aged 20, married; case number 2; sick or hurt, abortus resulting from a fall on deck; put on sick list 19 June 1839, discharged 23 June 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Charles Kennedy, aged [12?]; case number 3; sick or hurt, febris synochus; put on sick list 23 June 1839, discharged 3 July 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Rosina Mussie, aged 15, single; case number 4; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 23 June 1839, discharged 24 June 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Angus McNabb, aged 2 ½ ; case number 5; sick or hurt, febris synochus; put on sick list 24 June 1839 at sea, discharged 3 July 1839 cured.

Folios 2-3: Agnes Aitken, aged 26, single; case number 6; sick or hurt, haemoptysis; put on sick list 29 June 1839 at sea, discharged 3 July 1839 cured.

Folio 3: Andrew Laurie, aged 21; case number 7; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 8 July 1839 at sea, discharged 14 July 1839 cured.

Folio 3: Simon McEwan, aged 4; case number 8; sick or hurt, opthalmia; put on sick list 9 July 1839 at sea, discharged 20 July 1839 cured.

Folio 3: William Brownlie, aged 21; case number 9; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 25 June 1839 at sea, discharged 30 June 1839 cured.

Folios 3-4: Joseph Douglas, aged 9; case number 10; sick or hurt, contusion capitis; put on sick list 11 July 1839 at sea, discharged 20 July 1839 cured.

Folio 4: David Duncan, aged 27; case number 11; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 8 July 1839 at sea, discharged 12 July 1839 cured.

Folio 4: Margaret McMillan, aged 17, single; case number 12; sick or hurt, psora; put on sick list 13 July 1839 at sea, discharged 16 July 1839 cured.

Folio 4: Neil Walker, aged 21; case number 13; sick or hurt, vertigo; put on sick list 1 July 1839 at sea, discharged 6 July 1839 cured.

Folios 4-5: James Douglas, aged 45; case number 14; sick or hurt, hepatitis; put on sick list 21 July 1839 at sea, discharged 2 August 1839 cured.

Folio 5: Agnes Forman, aged 20, married; case number 15; sick or hurt, peritonitis; put on sick list 19 July 1839 at sea, discharged 31 July 1839 cured.

Folios 5-6: Eliza Sheilds, aged 23, unmarried; case number 16; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list 28 July 1839 at sea, discharged 2 August 1839 cured.

Folio 6: James McNay, aged 31; case number 17; sick or hurt, colica; put on sick list 29 July 1839 at sea, discharged 31 July 1839 cured.

Folio 6: Neil Matheson, aged 25; case number 18; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 2 August 1839 at sea, discharged 10 August 1839 cured.

Folio 6: T McFadden, aged 22; case number 19; sick or hurt, vulnus; put on sick list 2 August 1839 at sea, discharged 10 August 1839 cured.

Folios 6-7: Mary [McMartin?], aged 39; case number 20; sick or hurt, palpitatin; put on sick list 10 July 1839 at sea, discharged 13 August 1839 cured.

Folio 7: Margaret Kennedy, aged 13; case number 21; sick or hurt, contusion capitis; put on sick list 30 July 1839 at sea, discharged 10 August 1839 cured.

Folio 7: Catherine McNay, aged 33, married; case number 22; sick or hurt, colica; put on sick list 6 August 1839 at sea, discharged 11 August 1839 cured.

Folio 7: J McLean, aged 29, married; case number 23; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 18 August 1839 at sea, discharged 19 August 1839 cured.

Folio 7: Catherine McMillan, aged 20, unmarried; case number 24; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 24 August 1839 at sea, discharged 29 August 1839 cured.

Folios 7-8: David Armstrong, aged 20; case number 25; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 25 August 1839 at sea, discharged 29 August 1839 cured.

Folio 8: John McEwan, aged 20; case number 26; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 16 October 1839 at sea, died 22 October 1839.

Folio 9: John McLean, aged 29; case number 27; sick or hurt, fractured costoe; put on sick list 3 September 1839 at sea, discharged 22 October 1839 cured.

Folio 9: Janet Douglas, aged 23; case number 28; sick or hurt, mania; put on sick list 13 August 1839 at sea, discharged 28 October 1839 cured.

Folio 10: Margaret Laurie, aged 30, married, mother of 14 children; case number 29; sick or hurt, [len?]; put on sick list 30 August 1839 at sea, discharged 28 October 1839 cured.

Folio 10: Elizabeth Beith, aged [1?]; case number 30; sick or hurt, febris ephemera; put on sick list 21 October 1839 at sea, discharged 26 October 1839 cured.

Folio 10: Donald McKinlay, aged 34; case number 31; sick or hurt, febris ephemera; put on sick list 19 October 1839 at sea, discharged 26 October 1839 cured.

Folio 11: Margaret Kennedy, aged 13; case number 32; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 13 October 1839 at sea, discharged 2 November 1839 cured.

Folio 11: a nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of this journal.

Folios 12-15: Surgeon's general remarks. Description of the ship, David Clark of Greenock. The emigrants were embarked at Greenock on 6 June 1839 and was finished on the 13 June. The number of emigrants amounted to 229 being about 40 fewer than the ship had been fitted up for. They were classified as above 50 years of age, 3 males, 2 females; between 40 and 50, 14 males and 11 females; between 30 and 40, 14 males and 7 females; between 20 and 30, 40 males and 32 females; between 14 and 20, 26 males and 15 females; between 2 and 14, 26 males and 21 females; between 1 and 2, 7 males and 10 females; below 1 year of age, 1 female.

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