Catalogue description Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Triton between 25 July 1842...

Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Triton between 25 July 1842 and 24 December 1842 by William McDowell, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was conveying prisoners to Hobart Town Van Diemans Land.

Folios 1-2: A copy of the sick book (names and details follow): Folio 1: Peter Moreton, aged 51, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 August 1842. Discharged 24 August 1842.

Folio 1: Thomas Rowly, aged 24, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 19 September 1842. Discharged 23 September 1842.

Folio 1: John Lane, aged 22, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 September 1842. Discharged 23 September 1842.

Folio 1: Enoch Hall, aged 22, convict; disease, urticaria. Put on sick list, 23 September 1842. Discharged 25 September 1842.

Folio 1: John Getly, aged 23, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 September 1842. Discharged 28 September 1842.

Folio 1: Benjamin France, aged 32, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 September 1842. Discharged 28 September 1842.

Folio 1: Alexander Colburn, aged 37, solider; disease, phthisis. Put on sick list, 28 September 1842. Discharged 21 October 1842.

Folio 1: Robert Roberts, aged 50, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 2 October 1842. Discharged 17 October 1842.

Folio 1: John Brittlebank, aged 26, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 October 1842. Discharged 14 October 1842.

Folio 1: John Wilson, aged 23, convict; disease, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 14 October 1842. Discharged 17 October 1842.

Folio 1: James Haigh, aged 21, convict; disease, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 14 October 1842. Discharged 17 October 1842.

Folio 1: Joseph Thompson, aged 21, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 October 1842. Discharged 22 October 1842.

Folio 1: Robert Roberts, aged 50, convict; disease, dysentery. Put on sick list, 23 September 1842. Discharged 3 November 1842.

Folio 1: John Butting, aged 28, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 4 November 1842. Discharged 14 November 1842.

Folio 1: George Brooks, aged 21, convict; disease, dysentery. Put on sick list, 16 November 1842. Discharged 25 November 1842.

Folio 1: William Thwaites, aged 38, convict; disease, accident. Put on sick list, 24 November 1842. Discharged 10 December 1842.

Folio 1: Francis Iley, aged 32, convict; disease, ulcer in leg. Put on sick list, 24 November 1842. Discharged 9 December 1842.

Folio 1: James Scales, aged 55, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 November 1842. Discharged 1 December 1842.

Folio 1: Samuel Cotton, aged 32, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 November 1842. Discharged 1 December 1842.

Folio 1: William Berry, aged 26, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 29 November 1842. Discharged 4 December 1842.

Folio 1: Samuel Rud, aged 26, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 29 November 1842. Discharged 4 December 1842.

Folio 1: James Wardle, aged 23, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 29 November 1842. Discharged 5 December 1842.

Folio 1: John Williams, aged 30, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 December 1842. Discharged 10 December 1842.

Folio 1: Joseph Rice, aged 24, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 December 1842. Discharged 6 December 1842.

Folio 1: John Legger, aged 21, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 December 1842. Discharged 6 December 1842.

Folio 1: Thomas Whitehouse, aged 30, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 4 December 1842. Discharged 10 December 1842.

Folio 1: John Woodham, aged 26, convict; disease, icterus. Put on sick list, 4 December 1842. Discharged 15 December 1842.

Folio 1: Daniel Slip, aged 23, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 8 December 1842. Discharged 11 December 1842.

Folio 1: James Webb, aged 24, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 December 1842. Discharged 13 December 1842.

Folio 1: W. Blackwell, aged 27, convict; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 16 December 1842. Discharged 20 December 1842.

Folios 2-3: Peter Moreton, aged 51, convict; case number 1; disease, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 August 1842. Discharged 24 August 1842.

Folios 4-7 Peter Moreton, aged 51, convict; case number 2; disease, dysentery. Put on sick list, 27 September 1842. Discharged 27 September 1842.

Folios 8-10: Alexander Colburn, aged 37, convict; case number 3; disease, phthisis. Put on sick list, 27 September 1842. Died 21 October 1842.

Folios 10-14: Robert Roberts, aged 50, convict; case number 4; disease, dysentery. Put on sick list, 24 August 1842. Died 1 November 1842.

Folio 14: George Brooks, aged 21, convict: case number 5; disease, dysentery. Put on sick list, 16 November 1842. Died 25 November 1842.

Folios 15-17: William Thwaites, aged 38, convict; case number 6; disease or hurt: accident by falling down the hatchway Put on sick list, 24 November 1842. Discharged 10 December 1842.

Folio 17-19: John Woodham, aged 26, convict; disease, icterus. Put on sick list, 4 December 1842. Discharged 15 December 1842.

Folio 20: Nosological synopsis of the Triton's sick book kept during the period of the journal.

Folios 27-29: Surgeon's general remarks. The number of convicts originally embarked were 256 all in good health, 30 at Deptford and the remainder at Woolwich. I beg to observe that the three cases of dysentery that terminated fatally were of the very worst description running their cause rapidly in spite of all my efforts to arrest the progress of the disease