Catalogue description Medical journal of the Emma Eugenia , convict ship from 7 October 1837 to 24 February...

Medical journal of the Emma Eugenia, convict ship from 7 October 1837 to 24 February 1838 by Robert Wylie, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in transporting 200 male prisoners from Portsmouth to Sydney.

Folio 1: copy of the sick list, [names and details follow]:

• Folio 1: George Tarrant, aged 44, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 6 November 1837, discharged 16 November 1838.
• Folio 1: John Read, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, scalded leg; put on sick list 14 November 1837, discharged 30 November 1838.
• Folio 1: Ellen Dickinson, aged 1½, soldier's child; sick or hurt, atrophia; put on sick list 16 November 1837, died 16 November 1838.
• Folio 1: John Deeks, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 17 November 1837, discharged 24 November 1838.
• Folio 1: Joseph Mockridge, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 27 November 1837, discharged 30 November 1838.
• Folio 1: Samuel Waskett, aged 29, convict; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 7 December 1837, discharged 10 December 1838.
• Folio 1: John Massey, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, catalepsy; put on sick list 13 December 1837, discharged 21 December 1838.
• Folio 1: Bernard Turley, aged 41, sergeant; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list 23 December 1837, discharged 26 December 1838.
• Folio 1: Edward Thomas, aged 41, convict; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 1 January 1838, disembarked 21 February 1838.
• Folio 1: Thomas Payne, aged 23, soldier; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 14 January 1838, disembarked 10 February 1838.
• Folio 1: William Wynne, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 18 January 1838, discharged 26 January 1838.
• Folio 1: John Cooper, aged 25, soldier; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list 19 January 1838, discharged 28 January 1838.
• Folio 1: Thomas Whipps, aged 47, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 27 January 1838, died 8 February 1838.
• Folio 1: George Wilding, aged 34, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 28 January 1838, discharged 19 February 1838.
• Folio 1: John Middleton, aged 40, carpenter; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 1 February 1838, discharged 5 February 1838.
• Folio 1: James Day, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 7 February 1838, sent 20 February 1838 to hospital.
• Folio 1: George Burles, aged 36, convict; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 8 February 1838, sent 20 February 1838 to hospital.
• Folio 1: William Bawler, aged 20, convict; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list 14 February 1838, discharged 19 February 1838.

Folio 3: case no 2, John Read, aged 22, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scald, on the left with hot tea; put on sick list 14 November 1837, discharged 30 November 1837 well.

Folio 3: case no 3, Ellen Dickinson, aged 15 months, a child of the corporal of the guard; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, atrophia, was ailing since it came on board on 18th ultimo with teething and diseased mesenteric glands; put on sick list 16 November 1837, died 16 November 1837.

Folios 3-4: case no 4, John Deeks, aged 25, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 17 November 1837, discharged 24 November 1837 nearly well.

Folio 4: case no 5, Joseph Mockridge, aged 22, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 27 November 1837, discharged 30 November 1837 well.

Folios 4-5: case no 6, Samuel Waskett, aged 29, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 7 December 1837, discharged 10 December 1837 quite well.

Folios 5-6: case no 7, John Massey, aged 25, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, catalepsy, a stout muscular man has had during the last month 3 or 4 slight attackes of catalepsy and occasional vomiting; put on sick list 13 December 1837, discharged 18 December 1837, the surgeon found out afterwards that this man was feigning sickness to avoid detact in some swindling transaction.

Folio 6: case no 8, Bernard Turley, aged 41, sergeant 51st regt.; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list 23 December 1837, discharged 26 December 1837 well.

Folios 6-7: case no 9, Edward Thomas, aged 41, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 1 January 1838, disembarked 21 February 1838.

Folios 7-8: case no 10, Thomas Whipps, aged 47, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 27 January 1838, died 8 February 1838 at 4 am.

Folios 8-9: case no 11, George Wilding, aged 34, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 28 January 1838, discharged 19 February 1838 well.

Folio 9: case no 12, John Middleton, aged 40, ship's carpenter; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 1 February 1838, discharged 5 February 1838 to duty.

Folios 9-10: case no 13, James Day, aged 21, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 7 February 1838, sent 20 February 1838 to hospital at Sydney.

Folios 10-11: case no 14, George Burles, aged 36, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 8 February 1838, sent 20 February 1838 to hospital at Sydney.

Folio 11: case no 15, William Bawler, aged 20, convict; taken ill in Port Jackson; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list 14 February 1838, discharged 19 February 1838 well.

Folios 12-23: Blank.

Folio 24: nosological return of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folio 25: Surgeon's general remarks. 200 prisoners were embarked on board the Emma Eugenia on 28 October 1837 from the hulks at Portsmouth. Most of them Englishmen from various parts of the country. The passage through the Tropics was favourable and we arrived at Sydney in the short space of 95 days, and during that period some symptoms of scurvy showed themselves but were checked with lemon juice and sugar, the solution of nitre in vinegar was also tried but not as effective as the lemon juice.