Medical officer's journal of HMS Redpole for 14 December 1814 -12 January 1815 by...

ADM 101/117/1

1814-1815

Medical officer's journal of HMS Redpole for 14 December 1814 -12 January 1815 by Thomas B Feely. HMS Redpole during this time was deployed in the Downs.

Folios 1-2: John Craven, aged 29, private, marine; disease or hurt, lassitude, chilliness, anorexia, nausea and universal soreness of the whole body; dates on sick list, 14 December 1813-15 January 1814; discharged to Deal hospital.

Folio 3: Lieutenant John Davis, aged 30; disease or hurt, fell from the quarterdeck into the lightroom, the system in general received a severe shock, his breast, right leg and thigh much contused, cuticle on the tibia abraded and respiration considerably affected; dates on sick list, 5-21 January 1814; discharged to Deal hospital.

Folios 4-5: Frederick Thomson, aged 26, able seaman; disease or hurt, violent shivering, pain and sickness of stomach; dates on sick list, 17- 22 January 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 5: John Long, aged 30, private, marine; disease or hurt, cough and respiration hurried; dates on sick list, 17 February-25 May 1814; discharged to HMS Monmouth for a passage to Portsmouth headquarters.

Folios 5-6: Richard Capper, aged 26, boatswain's mate; disease or hurt, cough, hoarseness; dates on sick list, 17 February-5 April 1814; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: John Minto, aged 25, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, sore throat, impeded respiration owing to a tumour situated far back in the mouth, the tonsils and fances inflamed, neck glands enlarged; dates on sick list, 19-26 March 1814.

Folio 8: George Gibbons, aged 36, able seaman; disease or hurt, large tumour in the left groin and a smaller one in the axilla; dates on sick list, 15 May-8 August 1815.

Folio 9: Robert Burrowes, aged 48, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, stiffness in knees and hams, loss of appetite, pain in his loins and head; dates on sick list, 4 -16 June 1815.

Folio 10: Richard Harrington, aged 48, ordinary seaman; disease or hurt, sore throat, dyspnea and cough; dates on sick list, 16-31 June 1815; discharged to Deal hospital.

Folios 10-11: John Tompkins, aged 45, able seaman; disease or hurt, tumour near the anus; dates on sick list, 23 August -18 September 1815; discharged to duty.

Folio 11: Mathew Killard, aged 36, sergeant, marine; disease or hurt, rheumatic pains and pulmonic affectation; dates on sick list, ? -9 October 1815; discharged to Chatham headquarters.

Folio 12 (blank).

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

Folio 13: Remarks about the medical conditions on board HMS Redpole. Generally thought during January 1814 that because there were so many catarrhal complaints that HMS Redpole should go into harbour because there were not enough hands to work the ship. Freely (the ship's surgeon) requested the captain to issue an order that every man be supplied with flannel drawers and waistcoats and that they be obliged constantly during the winter season to wear them. Ten days had scarcely elapsed when coughs and catarrhs vanished and the Brig was never more healthy. Reference is also made to several cases of dysenteria amongst the ship's company after they had arrived in Deptford and its possible causes, and details of treatment.

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