Catalogue description Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Eliza for 30 December 1828 to 7 July...

Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Eliza for 30 December 1828 to 7 July 1829 by James McTernan, surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in conveying convicts from Cork to Port Jackson, New South Wales.

[Note: ADM 101/23/5, 5A-5B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/23/5.

Folios 1-2: Daniel Leahey, aged 36, convict: disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 22 February 1829 at Cork harbour. Discharged 4 March 1829 cured.

Folios 2-3: [Shady?] McNulty, aged 18, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 8 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 26 March 1829 cured.

Folios 3-4: William Scott, aged 21, private 40th Regiment: disease or hurt, icterus. Put on sick list, 10 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 3 April 1829 to duty.

Folio 4: Thomas Maud, aged 25, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 11 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 25 March 1829 cured.

Folio 4: Nicholas Condon, aged 19, convict: disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 20 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 29 March 1829 cured.

Folios 5, 7-8 and: Jeremiah Dwyer, aged 17, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 21 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 10 April 1829 cured.

Folio 6: John Flyn, aged 20, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 24 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 7 April 1829 cured.

Folios 6-7: John Newman, aged 20, private 40th Regiment: disease or hurt, cholera. Put on sick list, 30 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 8 April 1829 cured.

Folios 8-9: John Desmond, aged 30, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 31 March 1829 at sea. Discharged 14 April 1829 cured.

Folios 9-13: John Simmery, aged 31, convict: disease or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis. Put on sick list, 3 April 1829 at sea. Died 5 May 1829.

Folio 10: [Shady?] Minogue, aged 23, convict: disease or hurt, cholera morbus. Put on sick list, 6 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 14 April 1829 cured.

Folios 11 and 13: James Sexton, aged 50, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 8 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 22 April 1829 cured.

Folio 14: James Farrel, aged 25, convict: disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 9 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 18 April 1829 cured.

Folios 14-17: Catherine Campbell, aged 23, corporal's wife 40th Regiment: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 9 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 10 May 1829 cured.

Folios 16-17 and 19: Dennis McGrath, aged 21, convict: disease or hurt, cynanche trachealis. Put on sick list, 13 April 1829 at sea. Died 11 May 1829.

Folio 18: James Howard, aged 18, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 14 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 28 April 1829 cured.

Folio 20: Dennis Spain, aged 37, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 22 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 2 May 1829 cured.

Folio 20: James Crowe, aged 38, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 24 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 30 April 1829 cured.

Folios 20-21: Peter Breen, aged 62, convict: disease or hurt, icterus. Put on sick list, 4 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 18 May 1829 cured.

Folio 21: Owen Tully, aged 24, convict: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 10 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 27 May 1829 cured.

Folio 21A: John [Bohum?], boy: disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 11 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 18 May 1829 cured.

Folio 21A: Thomas Dorney, convict, aged 28: disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 16 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 27 May 1829 cured.

Folio 22: Owen [?], convict, aged 22: disease or hurt, hepatitis. Put on sick list, 19 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 6 June 1829 cured.

Folio 23: James Baldwin, convict, aged 15: disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 20 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 29 May 1829 cured.

Folios 23-24: Patrick Moroney, convict, aged 23: disease or hurt, incipient pthisis. Put on sick list, 21 May 1829 at sea. Discharged 10 June 1829 cured.

Folios 24-26: Anthony Riddington, convict, aged 27: disease or hurt, atrophia. Put on sick list, 27 May 1829 at sea. Died 10 June 1829.

Folio 26: numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.

Folio 27: Blank.

Folio 28: Numerical abstract of medical cases.

Folios 28-29: Surgeon's general remarks.