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Medical and surgical journal of HMS Sphinx for 1 October 1861 to 1 October 1862 by...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/173
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- ADM 101/173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861 Oct.-1862 Oct.
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Medical and surgical journal of HMS Sphinx for 1 October 1861 to 1 October 1862 by Gilbert L King, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on the China Station.
Folio 1: Front cover.
Folio 2: William Bowyer, aged 17, drummer; case number 1; disease or hurt, cholera. Put on sick list, 1 July [1862?]. Died 2 July [1862?].
Folio 2: George Curtis, aged 32, stoker; case number 2; disease or hurt, cholera. Put on sick list, 23 July [1862?]. Died 23 July [1862?].
Folio 2: John Tibbott, aged 23, private, marine; case number 3; disease or hurt, cholera. Put on sick list, 22 July [1862?]. Died 23 July [1862?].
Folio 2: Osmond De Vignolles, aged 33, captain of the maintop; case number 4; disease or hurt, cholera. Put on sick list, 25 July [1862?]. Died 25 July [1862?].
Folio 3: George Fiott, Commander; case number 5; disease or hurt, climate cachexia. Put on sick list, 21 September 1860. Discharged 29 October [1860?].
Folio 3: George Cox, aged 24, private marine; case number 6; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 7 September [1862?]. Died 1 November [1862?].
Folio 3: John Joyce, aged 37, gun room attendant; case number 7; disease or hurt, chronic diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 13 April [1862?]. Discharged 30 April [1862?] invalided.
Folio 3: Mr McKellar, aged 26, assistant Engineer; case number 8; disease or hurt, scrofula. Put on sick list, 28 October 1861. Discharged 30 April [1862?] invalided.
Folio 3: Mr McKellar, aged 26, assistant Engineer; case number 8; disease or hurt, scrofula. Put on sick list, 28 October 1861. Discharged 30 April [1862?] invalided.
Folio 4: John F L P Maclear, aged 24, Lieutenant; case number 9; disease or hurt, palpitatio. Put on sick list, 15 February [1862?]. Discharged 30 April [1862?] invalided.
Folio 4: George Lane, aged 30, captain of the forecastle; case number 10; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 17 November 1861. Discharged 3 December 1861 invalided.
Folios 4A-4C: Blank.
Folio 5: Table 1: A list of men who during the period of this journal, have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them for the public service, or subsequently in any way interfere with their earning a livelihood. (Names and details follow). Number on the ship's books, 130; Charles Smith, aged 19, ordinary seaman, hurts, oblique inguinal hernia caused by lifting a heavy weight whilst on duty. Number on the ship's books, [?]; George Harris, aged 26, able seaman, hurts, amputation of the right arm.
Folio 6: Table 2: A nosological synopsis of the medical cases which have occurred during the period covered by the journal. The average numerical strength of the company 142.
Folio 7: A blank Table 3 form.
Folios 8-10: Surgeon's general remarks.
Folios 11-19: Remarks about the loss of the barque Norna and notes about the search of its shipwrecked crew.
Folios 20-30 Alphabetical sick list.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 57
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