Catalogue description Journal of HMS Abergavenny , stationed in the West Indies, by George Brown, surgeon,...

Journal of HMS Abergavenny, stationed in the West Indies, by George Brown, surgeon, covering 1 October 1797 to 13 June 1798. [Note: ADM 101/80/2, 2A-2C are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/80/2].

Folio 2: John Ray, aged 36, seaman; disease or hurt, slight pain in abdomen with inclination to vomit; dates on sick list, 1 October-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 2: James Sullivan, aged 34, gunner; disease or hurt, violent pain in belly; dates on sick list, 26 October-9 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 3: James Roffett, aged 30, corporal of marines; disease or hurt, pain in head, back and belly with great thirst and frequent going to stool with lassitude; dates on sick list, 1-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 3: Richard Sparks, aged 29, seaman; disease or hurt, emaciated, pain in abdomen, nausea and great thirst; dates on sick list, 2-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 3: C Benson, aged 35, seaman; disease or hurt, giddiness in head, vomiting and purging of dark coloured matter; dates on sick list, 2-11 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 4: James Connor, aged 31, seaman; disease or hurt, sickness at the stomach, pain in the abdomen; dates on sick list, 3-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 4: John Tamerlin, aged 24, seaman; disease or hurt, pain all over body and limbs, large scrophula tumor on neck; dates on sick list, 4-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 4: Lewillan Howell, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, coldness and shivering succeeded by heat and sweating, hard pain in the right side of the thorax with a cough; dates on sick list, 4-14 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 4-5: Charles Barckley, aged 32, seaman; disease or hurt, chillingness and shivering succeeded by heat pain over eyes with violent throbbing of the temporal arteries, nausea and inclination to vomit; dates on sick list, 4-8 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 5: Francis Burke, aged 24, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head, weariness in limbs, pain in the loins, coldness, shivering and nausea; dates on sick list, 5-16 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 5: Stephen M Rhodes, aged 22, purser; disease or hurt, pain in head and belly with frequenting going to stool; dates on sick list, 6-20 Nov 1797; discharged to duty. Folio 6: Peter Holywood, aged 25, seaman; disease or hurt, coldness and shivering, pain in head succeeded by heat and sweating; dates on sick list, 28 October-2 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 6: George Bell, aged 30, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen; dates on sick list, 2-5 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folio 6: John Winnecott, aged 23, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head and belly with nausea; dates on sick list, 3-5 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folios 6-7: John McBean, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head, weariness in limbs with pain in the loins, coldness and shivering with nausea; dates on sick list, 5-18 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 7: John Fry, aged 40, seaman; disease or hurt, violent pain in the loins and limbs; dates on sick list, 7-14 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 7-8: James Whalley, aged 29, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in head and belly with great thirst and frequent inclination to go to stool, loss of strength, tongue foul; dates on sick list, 8-29 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 8: James Lynch, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, complained of a great thirst and nausea, appetite bad, pulse quick with violent pain in the abdomen, slender habit of body; dates on sick list, 8-18 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 8-9: Arthur Mather, aged 50, seaman; disease or hurt, complained of pain in head and small of back and limbs, thirst with loss of appetite and nausea with a diarrhoea, pulse quick neither full nor strong; dates on sick list, 8-20 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 9: Joseph Brays, aged 26, seaman; disease or hurt, fever, pain in head most distressing, pulse 110, and rather hard belly rather bound; dates on sick list, 9-28 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 9-10: James Donaldson, aged 28, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in head, eyes and loins with dryness of skin and intense thirst, pulse 110, and hard belly costive; dates on sick list, 9-18 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 10: Samuel King, aged 25, seaman; disease or hurt, pain on abdomen, nausea, bitter taste in mouth, brown tongue, pulse quick, frequent going to stool; dates on sick list, 10-27 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 10: Thomas C Sherwin, aged 24, lieutenant; disease or hurt, after being exposed to rain and getting cold was attacked with pains in his shoulders, arms and knee joints attended with considerable fever, dry skin, belly regular; dates on sick list, 10-14 Nov 1797; sent to hospital at Cape Nicholas Mole.

Folios 10-11: James Thomas, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in belly, nausea, distention of the abdomen, pulse quick, dry tongue, frequent stools; dates on sick list, 10-26 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 11: Murd [Murdock?] McKoy, aged 40, seaman; disease or hurt, fractured tibia and fibula of the right leg about sixteen years ago ever since has had an small open ulcer at that part, inflamed and swelled to knee joint by receiving a small hurt on the same place; dates on sick list, 10-23 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 11: James Butter, aged 36, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head and breast with a cough; dates on sick list, 14-26 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 12: John Harris, aged 29, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen, frequent scanty slimy stools, pulse quick, tongue dry; dates on sick list, 15-20 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 12: John Wolf, aged 27, seaman; disease or hurt, pain in the head, frequent going to stool, pulse quick, tongue dry; dates on sick list, 11-19 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 12-13: Alexander Watson, aged 30, armourer; disease or hurt, unmooring ship had his right foot jammed and the integuments lacerated by the cable but no bones fractured; dates on sick list, 14-30 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 13: Jacob Johnson, aged 29, seaman; disease or hurt, coldness and shivering with pain in head and back, tongue dry, pulse quick, belly cortive; dates on sick list, 15-25 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 13-14: James Lawless, aged 30, boatswain; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen, frequent stools, tongue dry, appetite bad, pulse a liitle quick; dates on sick list, 16-27 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folio 14: George Brown, aged 21, midshipman; disease or hurt, pain in the abdomen, frequent going to stool, pulse quick, tongue dry; dates on sick list, 15-30 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

Folios 14-15: John Jenkins, aged 37, boatswain's mate; disease or hurt, coldness and shivering succeeded by heat and sweating, pain over eyes and small of back, pulse quick, tongue dry, belly cortive; dates on sick list, 16-27 Nov 1797; discharged to duty.

[Description is continued in ADM 101/80/2C/2]