Catalogue description Medical and surgical journal of HMS Ringdove for 1 January to 31 December 1876 by A....

Medical and surgical journal of HMS Ringdove for 1 January to 31 December 1876 by A. Gorham, M.D, Staff Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on the China Station.

[Note: ADM 101/192, 1A-1B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/192].

Folio 1: Instructions for the compilation of the medical journal. Folio 2: James [Strude?], aged 21, able seaman; case number 1; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 10 March 1876. Discharged 26 March 1876 to hospital.

Folio 3: George Master, aged 26, ordinary seaman; case number 2; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 12 January 1876. Sent 14 January 1876 to HMS Modeste for treatment being subsequently invalided to England.

Folio 3: Edward Elliott, aged 31; case number 3; disease or hurt, syphilis secondary and rheumatism. Put on sick list, 23 January 1876. Sent to HMS Modeste for treatment being subsequently invalided to England.

Folio 3: Edward Elliott, aged 31; case number 3; disease or hurt, syphilis secondary and rheumatism. Put on sick list, 23 January 1876. Sent to HMS Modeste for treatment being subsequently invalided to England.

Folios 3-4: Charles Rich, aged 36; case number 3; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 14 February 1876. Discharged 20 March 1876 to HMS Himalaya for passage to England.

Folio 4: James [Strude?], aged 21, able seaman; case number 5; disease or hurt, scrofula. Put on sick list, 8 March 1876. Discharged 10 May 1876 for a medical survey on board HMS Modeste.

Folio 5: William James, aged 22, able seaman; case number 6; disease or hurt, syphilis. Put on sick list, 30 March 1876. Discharged 3 April 1876 to HMS Juno for further treatment.

Folio 5: Edward Deane, aged 26; case number 7; disease or hurt, chronic skin disease. Put on sick list, [?]. Discharged 3 April 1876 to HMS Juno for passage to Royal Naval hospital at Hong Kong.

Folios 5 and 9: Frank Bradbury; case number 8; disease or hurt, ulcer of right shin. Put on sick list, 18 April 1876. Discharged 19 April 1876 to Singapore hospital for treatment.

Folios 5-6: Thomas Mills; case number 9; disease or hurt, orchitis. Put on sick list, 16 April 1875. Discharged [?].

Folios 6 and 9: George Rendall; case number 10; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea and epididymitis. Put on sick list, 17 April 1876. Discharged 9 May 1876 to Singapore hospital for treatment.

Folio 6: Frederick Booth; case number 11; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 14 July 1876. Discharged 17 July 1876 to hospital.

Folio 6: James [Runnalls]; case number 12; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 7 July 1876. Discharged [?].

Folio 6: John [Foombe]; case number 13; disease or hurt, nervous debility. Put on sick list, 20 July 1876. Discharged [?].

Folio 7: Lieutenant H.C Kenyon-Slaney, aged 26; case number 14; disease or hurt, delirium tremens. Put on sick list, 20 July 1876. Discharged [?].

Folio 8: Douglas Robinson, aged 32, ship’s cook; case number 15; disease or hurt, aneurism of the abdominal aorta. Put on sick list, [?]. Discharged [?].

Folio 9: Fred Elston, aged 30, sergeant, Royal Marine Artillery; case number 18; disease or hurt, psoriasis. Put on sick list, 30 June 1876. Discharged [?].

Folio 9: Richard Hayman, aged 46, leading stoker; case number 19; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 14 November 1876. Discharged 5 December 1876 to hospital.

Folio 9: William Marshall, aged 19; case number 20; disease or hurt, for observation, felt giddy when going aloft. Put on sick list, 12 December 1876. Discharged [?]

Folios 10-12: Blank.

Folio 13: Table 1: showing the movements of the ship during the period of this journal.

Folio 13: 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 14: 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 91. Folio 15: A blank Table 4 form.

Folio 16: 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 1 January to 31 December 1876. Average number victualled daily during the period; aged 15 to 25 (36), aged 25 to 35 (44), aged 35 to 45 (10), aged 45 to 55 (1).

Folios 16A-20: Surgeon’s general remarks.

Folios 21-23: Blank.

Folios 24-27: Copy of the alphabetical sick list.

Folio 28: Blank.

Folio 29: Signed by Anthony Gorham, and commanding officer.