Catalogue description Medical journal of the steam vessel African from 9 June 1834 to 12 August 1835 by Thomas...

Medical journal of the steam vessel African from 9 June 1834 to 12 August 1835 by Thomas Brenan, assistant surgeon, during which time the ship was employed in the packet service.

Folio 1: copy of sick list, [names and details follow]:

• Folio 1: Mr William Warren, aged 18, mid [midshipman]; sick or hurt, inflammation of the finger; put on sick list 19 June 1834, discharged 27 June 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Thomas Riley, aged 27, 3rd engineer; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 22 July 1834, discharged 3 September 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Thomas Snell, aged 30, stoker; sick or hurt, hepatitis; put on sick list 25 August 1834, discharged 9 September 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: William Dinnen, aged 18, engineer apprentice; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 15 September 1834, discharged 9 September 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Richard Snell, aged 38, quarter master; sick or hurt, lumbago; put on sick list 15 September 1834, discharged [18?] September 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: George Mogg, aged 38, carpenter mate; sick or hurt, contusion; put on sick list 15 September 1834, discharged 16 September 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Daniel Reardon, aged 28, stoker; sick or hurt, colic; put on sick list 3 October 1834, discharged 6 October 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: William Dinnen, aged 18, engineer apprentice; sick or hurt, itch; put on sick list 8 October 1834, discharged 16 October 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Andrew Millett, aged 28, stoker; sick or hurt, sprained ankle; put on sick list 16 October 1834, discharged 24 October 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Mr H Barney, aged 19, master apprentice; sick or hurt, sprained ankle; put on sick list 7 November 1834, discharged 12 November 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Daniel Reardon, aged 28, stoker; sick or hurt, contusion of finger; put on sick list 8 November 1834, discharged 12 November 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Thomas Miller, aged 29, carpenter crew; sick or hurt, venereal; put on sick list 15 November 1834, discharged 28 November 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: James Elliott, aged 29, able seaman; sick or hurt, ulcer of the leg; put on sick list 29 November 1834, discharged 14 December 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: Robert Treganza, aged 20, seaman; sick or hurt, sprained ankle; put on sick list 30 November 1834, discharged 5 December 1834 to duty.
• Folio 1: William Hales, aged 26, able seaman; sick or hurt, venereal; put on sick list 6 January 1835, discharged 28 February 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: Mr Sullivan, aged 30, clerk in charge; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 14 January 1835, sent 14 January 1835 to Plymouth hospital.
• Folio 1: Thomas Snell, aged 30, stoker; sick or hurt, gastric disorder; put on sick list 23 February 1835, discharged 4 March 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: James Elliott, aged 27, able seaman; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list 25 February 1835, discharged 12 March 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: Richard Perrin, aged 20, able seaman; sick or hurt, vulnus pedis; put on sick list 20 March 1835, discharged 8 April 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: James Richards, aged 41, g [gunner] mate; sick or hurt, concussion; put on sick list 3 May 1835, sent 6 May 1835 on board the Astraea.
• Folio 1: Mr F Dennison, aged 21, [supy?] mate; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list 8 June 1835, sent 13 June 1835 to Gibraltar hospital.
• Folio 1: Mr Brenan, aged 32, assistant surgeon; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 23 June 1835, sent 23 June 1835 to Malta hospital.
• Folio 1: Richard Snell, aged 38, b[oatswain] mate; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 24 June 1835, sent 24 June 1835 to Malta hospital.
• Folio 1: Andrew Millett, aged 28, stoker; sick or hurt, hysteria; put on sick list 24 June 1835, sent 24 June 1835 to Malta hospital.
• Folio 1: William Dinnen, aged 18, engineer apprentice; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 3 July 1835, sent 3 July 1835 to Malta hospital.
• Folio 1: William Powell, aged 25, 2nd engineer; sick or hurt, disease of knee joint; put on sick list 5 July 1835, discharged 16 July 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: Thomas Wedlock, aged 36, quarter master; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 8 July 1835, discharged 14 July 1835 to duty.
• Folio 1: Mr Dinnen, aged 25, 1st engineer; sick or hurt, toothache and boil; put on sick list 24 July 1835, discharged 10 August 1835 to duty.

Folios 1-4: case no 1, Lieut J West, aged 39; sick or hurt, cholera; put on sick list 10 August 1835, discharged 16 August 1835 to duty.

Folios 4-5: case no 2, James Richards, aged 41, gunner mate; taken ill at Falmouth Harbour; sick or hurt, concussion of the brain; put on sick list 3 May 1835, sent 6 August 1835 on board the Astraea, in the course of 8 to 10 days he was returned to the African apparently cured but partial loss of memory remained for six weeks after which he returned to duty.

Folio 5: case no 3, Mr F Dennison, aged 21, c [cook?] mate; sick or hurt, tonsillitis; put on sick list 8 June 1835, sent 13 June 1835 to Gibraltar hospital.

Folio 6: case no 4, Mr Thomas Brenan, aged 32, assistant surgeon; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list 23 June 1835, discharged 3 July 1835 cured.

Folio 6: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.

Folio 7: James Richards, aged 41, gunner's mate; sick or hurt, pension not granted; received concussion of the brain by falling from the deck into the stoke hole.

Folio 7: Surgeon's general remarks.

[Note: ADM 101/2/8, 8A and 8B, are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/2/8].