Medical officer's journal of the colonial brig Emu for 23 April 1814 to 15 April...

ADM 101/98/4

1814-1815

Medical officer's journal of the colonial brig Emu for 23 April 1814 to 15 April 1815 by Alexander Noble, surgeon. The colonial brig Emu during this time was employed on a voyage to Port Jackson, New South Wales.

Folio 1: James Bullin, aged 21, lieutenant's Forster's servant; disease or hurt, syphilus; taken ill, Deptford; dates on sick list, 10 May - 7 August 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 2: James Bullin, aged 21, lieutenant's Forster's servant; disease or hurt, synochus lassitude and rigors; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 14-21 August 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 2: George Ford, aged 23, carpenter; disease or hurt, incised wound on the lower extremity; taken ill, Deptford; dates on sick list, 25 June-23 July 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 3: William Neave, aged 20, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, syphilus; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 23 July-20 August 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 3: Charles Cornish, aged 21, clerk; disease or hurt, bubo; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 30 July-18 September 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 3: Nichols Johnston, aged 20, supernumerary; disease or hurt, severe pain in the ear so as to occasion restlessness, anxiety and even slight delirium; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 3 August-12 December 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 3: James Miller, aged 20, seaman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 3-11 August 1814; discharged cured.

Folio 4: Bernard Bannister, aged 21, seaman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 5 August-26 September 1814; discharged cured.

Folio 4: William Brown, aged 38, gunner; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 9 August-10 September 1814; discharged well.

Folio 4: Thomas Heckford, aged 21, first mate; disease or hurt, syphilis; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 12 August-26 September 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 5: John Brown, aged 35, cooper; disease or hurt, syphilis; taken ill, Spithead; dates on sick list, 26 August-15 November 1814; discharged to duty in a good state of health.

Folio 5: James Hitchen, aged 16, boy; disease or hurt, synochus, lassitude succeeded by rigors; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 7-13 October 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 6: William Neave, aged 20, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, synochus; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 10-17 October 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 6: Charles Cornish, aged 21, clerk; disease or hurt, pain of the head and stomach, pulse 75 soft and regular, countenance flushed, a suffused redness of the eyes, great thirst, hurried respiration; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 22 October-1 November 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: Domenico Peconi, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, rigors, symptoms of fever, lassitude and general anxiety, alternating with transient flushes and terminating in a violent and continued heat, countenance flushed, skin hot and dry, pulse strong, great thirst, tongue white, hurried respiration; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 27 October-1 November 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: John Wray, aged 22, seaman; disease or hurt, cold shivering fit, pain of the back and loins, pain of the head, skin hot and dry, pulse quick; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 4-6 November 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: Emmanuel Priez, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, sickness at the stomach, sudden vomiting, pain and inflation of the abdomen, thirst, small quick pulse with great debility; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list, 1-19 December 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: William Jennings, aged 28, boatswain; disease or hurt, received a partial dislocation of the humerus downwards from a fall on the deck; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 14 December 1814; continued to do duty.

Folio 7: Lieutenant Forster; disease or hurt, catarrhus; dates on sick list 19-30 December 1814; discharged.

Folio 8: James Marshall, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, difficulty of breathing with contusion of the side and back resulting from a fall; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 23-29 December 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 8: Mrs Williams, aged 33, passenger; disease or hurt, rigors and fever; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 26-31 December 1814; dismissed to duty.

Folio 8: James Brown, aged 21, seaman; disease or hurt, great heat, thirst and general lassitude, suffered redness of the eyes, pain of the head, back and loins; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 2-7 January 1815; dismissed to duty.

Folio 8: Thomas Heckford, aged 21, First Mate; disease or hurt, pain of the head, back and loins, with difficulty of breathing, pain of the side from falling on a blaying, great heat of the skin, thirst, frequent and strong pulse; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 2-7 January 1815; dismissed to duty.

Folio 9: Edward Petrie, aged 20, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, fixed pain in the right hypochondriac region, increased by pressure extending high on the chest, sympathetic pain in the right shoulder; taken ill, at sea; dates on sick list 6-13 January 1815; discharged to duty.

Folio 9: Bernard Bannister, aged 21, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, received four hundred lashes on the back; taken ill, Hobart town, Van Diemen's land; dates on sick list 17 February-6 March 1815.

Folio 9: William Jones, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, received five hundred lashes; taken ill, Hobart town, Van Diemen's land; dates on sick list 17 February-5 March 1815; discharged to duty.

Folio 9: Emmanuel Priez, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, received five hundred lashes; taken ill, Hobart town, Van Diemen's land; dates on sick list 17 February-5 March 1815; discharged to duty.

Folio 9: James Brown, aged 21, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, received five hundred lashes; taken ill, Hobart town, Van Diemen's land; dates on sick list 17 February-2 March 1815; discharged to duty.

Folio 9: James Hitchin, aged 16, boy; disease or hurt, received two hundred lashes; taken ill, Hobart town, Van Diemen's land; dates on sick list 17 February-4 March 1815; discharged to duty.

Folios 10-12 (Blank).

Folio 13: Numerical abstract of medical cases contained in the medical officer's journal for HMS Emu.

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