Catalogue description Medical journal of the Norfolk , convict ship from 27 April to 28 September 1835 by...

Medical journal of the Norfolk, convict ship from 27 April to 28 September 1835 by Arthur Savage, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in conveying convicts and troops to New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land.

Folio 1: blank.

Folios 2-3: case no 1, John Hanrahan, aged 12, soldier's son; taken ill at Deptford; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list 28 April 1835, discharged 7 May 1835 cured.

Folios 3-4: case no 2, Roger Whitehead, aged 55, convict; taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, asthma, on the 3rd of May found himself better at 7 pm. found dead in his berth having been spoken to about ten minutes previous, I conjecture from lividity of lips and swelling of the limbs combined with the asthmatic symptoms, some extensive disease of the heart existed; put on sick list 1 May 1835, died 3 May 1835.

Folios 4-5: case no 3, Major Phelps, aged 64, Major 4th Regiment; taken ill at Sheerness; sick or hurt, chronic catarrh; put on sick list 14 May 1835, discharged 31 May 1835 to duty.

Folios 5-6: case no 4, Mrs Hanrahan, aged 35, soldier's wife; taken ill at Sheerness; sick or hurt, hemorrhage uterine; put on sick list 13 May 1835, discharged 31 May 1835 cured.

Folios 6-8: case no 5, Patrick Lynch, aged 34, private 4th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list 13 May 1835, died 27 August 1835.

Folios 9-10: case no 6, John [Selen?], aged 25, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, synocha; put on sick list 17 June 1835, discharged 9 July 1835 cured.

Folios 10-11: case no 7, Edward Newman, aged 17, ship's apprentice; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, concussion; put on sick list 19 June 1835, discharged 27 June 1835 cured.

Folios 11-12: case no 8, [Js?] Payne, aged 26, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, apoplexy; put on sick list 21 June 1835, discharged 1 August 1835 cured.

Folios 12-13: case no 9, George Frooke, aged 22, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, apoplexy; put on sick list 21 June 1835, discharged 18 August 1835 cured.

Folio 14: case no 10, John Mannors, aged 23, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 5 July 1835, discharged 9 July 1835 cured.

Folios 14-15: case no 11, John Duffey, aged 45, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 10 July 1835, sent 1 September 1835 to hospital at Van Dieman's Land.

Folios 15-16: case no 12, Charles Weatherall, aged 20, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, epilepsia; put on sick list 27 July 1835, discharged 26 August 1835 cured.

Folio 16: case no 13, Robert Hide (Eddy), aged 20, private 28th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, vulnus; put on sick list 15 August 1835, landed 28 September 1835 convalescent at Sydney.

Folio 17: case no 14, John Doyle, aged 21, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, synocha; put on sick list 14 August 1835, discharged 20 August 1835 cured.

Folios 17-19: case no 15, Laurence Doolan, aged 33, private 28th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, synochus; put on sick list 18 August 1835, discharged 27 September 1835 cured.

Folio 19: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.

Folio 20: list of men who received wounds or hurts.

Folio 20: Robert Hide (Eddy), aged 20, private 28th Regiment, pension not granted; wound or hurt, wound of the right wrist received while on his post on the quarter deck by the accidental discharge of a pistols.

Folios 20-21: Surgeon's general remarks. The ship's crew consisted of 42, the troops 32 accompanied by 7 women and 13 children. The convicts 280, in all 376. Of all the convicts two appeared on embarking to be ill adapted for the voyage. The English convicts (230 in number) refused to eat oatmeal.