Medical and surgical journal of HMS Lord Warden for 3 August to 31 December 1873...

Medical and surgical journal of HMS Lord Warden for 3 August to 31 December 1873 by James N.Dick, Staff Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in the Mediterranean Station.

Folio 1: Instructions for the compilation of the medical journal.

Folios 2-3: Charles Boon, aged 29; case number 1; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 3 August 1873 at sea. Discharged 10 August 1873 to Gibraltar hospital.

Folios 3-5: John Hoskins, aged 18, ordinary seaman; case number 2; disease or hurt, bronchitis. Put on sick list, 6 August 1873 at Cadiz. Discharged 7 September 1873 to duty.

Folios 5-7: John McGregor, aged 32, captain of the foretop; case number 3; disease or hurt, insanity. Put on sick list, 10 October 1873 at Cartagena. Discharged 12 October 1873 to Malta hospital.

Folios 8-9: George Hill, aged 29, captain coxswain; case number 4; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 8 September 1873 at Cartagena. Discharged 25 October 1873 to Gibraltar hospital.

Folios 9-10: Dennis Bryan, aged 23, sailmaker’s crew; case number 5; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 30 July 1873 at sea. Discharged 19 August 1873 to duty.

Folios 10-11: Robert Phillips, aged 22, able seaman; case number 6; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 30 July 1873 at sea. Discharged 14 September 1873 to duty.

Folios 11-13: Thomas Boden, aged 40, able seaman; case number 7; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 22 September 1873 at Cartagena. Discharged 20 October 1873 to duty.

Folios 14-15: Alfred Gunns, aged 20, ordinary seaman; case number 8; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 5 August 1873 at Cadiz. Discharged 25 October 1873 to duty.

Folios 15-16: Alexander Blunt, aged 22, gunner marine artillery; case number 9; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 8 September 1873 at Cartagena. Discharged 6 October 1873 to duty.

Folios 16-17: John Rawlings, aged 31, private marine; case number 10; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 30 October 1873 at Cartagena. Invalided on 7 November 1873 at Cartagena and discharged to the P and O mail steamer at Gibraltar on November for passage to England.

Folios 18-19: Robert Bacon, aged 33, able seaman; case number 11; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 15 November 1873 at Gibraltar. Discharged 18 November 1873 to Gibraltar Naval Hospital for further treatment.

Folio 20: Edward Lucks, aged 19, ordinary seaman; case number 12; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 15 November 1873 at Gibraltar. Discharged 18 November 1873 to Gibraltar Naval Hospital for further treatment.

Folios 21-22: George Arnold, aged 46, leading stoker; case number 13; disease or hurt, morbus cordis. Put on sick list, 13 November 1873 at Gibraltar. Discharged 18 November 1873 to Gibraltar Naval Hospital for further treatment.

Folios 22-23: George Nugent, aged 52, armourer’s crew; case number 14; disease or hurt, morbus cordis. Put on sick list, 20 November 1873 at Cartagena. Invalided 24 November 1873 at Cartagena and discharged the same day to HMS Aurora for passage to England.

Folios 24-25: Thomas Boden, aged 41, able seaman; case number 15; disease or hurt, paralysis. Put on sick list, 26 December 1873 at Porman. Sent to Gibraltar hospital in HMS Helicon from Porman on 27 December 1873.

Folio 26: Richard Spraggs, aged 19, ordinary seaman; case number 16; disease or hurt, eczema. Put on sick list, 8 December 1873 at Porman. Sent to Gibraltar on 27 December 1873.

Folios 27-28: George W. Gubbins, aged 19, midshipman; case number 17; disease or hurt, wound. Put on sick list, 2 November 1873 at Cartagena. Now convalescent and will shortly resume his duty.

Folios 29-30: Dennis Bryan, aged 22, sailmaker’s crew; case number 18; disease or hurt, fracture. Put on sick list, 18 November 1873 at Gibraltar. On 9 December 1873 the fracture was found to be united. He was very lame for some time after this but finally resumed his duty as a sail maker.

Folio 31: William Pearton, aged 22; case number 19; disease or hurt, enteric fever. Put on sick list, 25 November 1873 at Cartagena. Discharged [?]. Folio 32: Table 1: showing the movements of the ship during the period of this journal.

Folio 32: Table 2: 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. (No names recorded).

Folio 33: Table 3: A nosological synopsis of the medical cases which have occurred during the period covered by the journal. The average numerical strength of the company 656.

Folio 34: A blank Table 4 form.

Folio 35: Table 5 showing the number of cases of diseases arranged between the following periods of age (15 to 25, 25 to 35, 35 to 45, 45 to 55, 55 to 65) for 3 August to 31 December 1873. Average number victualled daily during the period, 667; aged 15 to 25 (359), aged 25 to 35 (243), aged 35 to 45 (50), aged 45 to 55 (14), aged 55 to 65 (1).

Folios 34A-43: Surgeon’s general remarks. Joining Lord Warden (folio 34A); siege of Cadiz (folio 34A); revolution at Cartagena (folio 34A); seizure of the Spanish ironclads (folio 34A); foul state of HMS Victoria (folio 34B); precautions taken with working party (folio 34B); English fleet clear for action and take out the Spanish ships from under the forts at Cartagena (folio 34B); bombardment of Alicante (folio 34B); naval action at Porman (folios 34B-35); killed and wounded (folio 35); effects of action (folio 35); offers of aid to the wounded (folio 35); sinking of the Fernando el Catolico (folio 35); description of Cartagena (folios 35-36); map of Cartagena with soundings in fathoms (folio 36); mines in Cartagena (folios 36-37); climate of Cartagena (folio 37); siege of Cartagena (folio 37); scarcity of provisions (folio 37); sickness in the Garrison (folio 37); intermittent fevers (folio 37); remittent fevers (folio 38); wounded in the naval hospital (folio 38); bombardment of Cartagena (folio 38); offer to aid the wounded under fire (folio 38); plan of the siege of Cartagena, 1873-1874, drawn on a lithograph by Sub Lieutenant E. Fleet (folio 38A); enteric fever (folio 39); remarks on enteric fevers (folio 40); remarks on simple continued fever (folio 41); rheumatism (folio 42); syphilis (folio 42); phthisis (folio 42); paralysis (folio 42); insanity (folios 42-43); organic disease of the heart (folio 43); pneumonia (folio 43); phlegmon and abscess (folio 43); wounds (folio 43); fracture (folio 43).

Folios 44-49: Copy of the alphabetical sick list.

Folios 50-51: Blank.

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