Catalogue description Medical journal of the convict ship Minerva , for 18 August to 26 December 1839 by...

Medical journal of the convict ship Minerva, for 18 August to 26 December 1839 by Patrick Magovern, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage from Dublin to Sydney, New South Wales.

[Note: ADM 101/54/6, 6A and 6B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/54/6].

Folio 1: Pat Quinn, aged 4; seaman; case number 1; sick or hurt, fracture of both bones of the left arm; put on sick list, 25 August 1839 at sea. Discharged 23 September 1839 cured.

Folio 2: Michael Sullivan, aged 4 years and 5 months, convict's child; boy; case number 2; sick or hurt, varicella; put on sick list, 27 August 1839 at sea. Discharged 7 September 1839.

Folios 2-3: Catherine Irvine, aged 35; convict; case number 3; sick or hurt, spasmodic asthma; put on sick list, 30 August 1839, died 5 September 1839.

Folios 3-4: Catherine Lindon, aged 23; convict; sick or hurt, case number 4; parturition; put on sick list, 2 September 1839, discharged 1 October 1839.

Folio 4: Margaret Draingould, aged 34; convict; case number 5; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list, 6 September 1839, discharged 12 September 1839.

Folio 4: Mary Tierney, aged 20; convict; case number 6; sick or hurt, pleuritis; put on sick list, 7 September 1839, discharged 12 September 1839.

Folio 5: Elizabeth Allen, aged 18; free settler; case number 7; sick or hurt, opthalmia; put on sick list, 18 September 1839, discharged 23 September 1839.

Folio 5: John Carey, aged 19; free settler's son; case number 8; sick or hurt, dislocation of the right humoris; put on sick list, 18 September 1839, discharged 20 September 1839.

Folio 5: Bella Stewart, aged 26; convict; case number 9; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 6 September 1839 at sea, discharged 24 September 1839.

Folio 5: Catherine McGarry, aged 21; convict; case number 10; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 19 September 1839 at sea, discharged 23 September 1839.

Folio 6: Catherine Casey, aged 50; convict; case number 11; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 20 September 1839, discharged 30 September 1839.

Folios 6-7: Michael Horan, aged 1 year and 6 months; convict's child; case number 12; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 October 1839, died 13 October 1839.

Folio 7: Mary Ferns, aged 26; free settler's servant; case number 13; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 12 October 1839, discharged 18 October 1839.

Folio 8: Catherine Bradshaw, aged 30; convict; case number 14; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list, 15 October 1839, discharged 6 November 1839.

Folios 8-10: Susan Stratton, aged 32; convict; case number 15; sick or hurt, diarrhoea biliosa; put on sick list, 20 October 1839, died 2 December 1839.

Folio 10: Elizabeth Molyneux, aged 20; convict; case number 16; sick or hurt, contusio; put on sick list, 2 December 1839 at sea, discharged 9 December 1839.

Folio 10: Mary Sullivan, aged 25; convict; case number 17; sick or hurt, parturition; put on sick list, 18 November 1839 at sea, discharged 8 December 1839.

Folio 11: Mary Shea, aged 50; convict; case number 18; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 December 1839 at sea, discharged 10 December 1839 cured.

Folio 11: Sydney Ormsby, aged 15; convict; case number 19; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 12 December 1839 at sea, discharged 20 December 1839.

Folio 12: Margaret [?], aged 20; convict; case number 20; sick or hurt, phlogosis; put on sick list, 12 December 1839 at sea, discharged 19 December 1839.

Folios 13-22: Blank.

Folio 23: a nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folios 24-25: Surgeon's general remarks.