Catalogue description Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Oriental Queen for 22 September 1852 to...

Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Oriental Queen for 22 September 1852 to 26 February 1853 by D Geddes, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed on a voyage from England to Van Dieman's Land.

[Note: ADM 101/252, 1A-1G are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/252].

Folio 1: List of convicts that died during voyage.

Folio 2: Sick list.

Folio 3: Blank.

Folios 4-6: Thomas Lovatt, aged 38, prisoner; case 1; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 11 November 1852 at sea. Died 21 January 1853.

Folios 6-7: George Gibbs, aged 29, prisoner; case 2; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 16 November 1852 at sea. Died 26 January 1853.

Folios 7-8: Daniel Cairns, aged 26, prisoner; case 3; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 15 December 1852 at sea. Died 30 January 1853.

Folio 8: Thomas Matthews, aged 19, prisoner; case 4; disease or hurt, subluxatio. Put on sick list, 20 February 1853, Hobart Town. Discharged 22 February 1853 to the civil hospital.

Folios 9-14: Blank.

Folio 15: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folios 16-17: Surgeon's general remarks.