Catalogue description Medical journal of the Shipley convict ship from 4 October 1821 to 14 March 1822 by G S...

Medical journal of the Shipley convict ship from 4 October 1821 to 14 March 1822 by G S Rutherford, surgeon and superintendent.

Folios 1-2: Thomas Williams, aged 16, prisoner; disease or hurt, fever. Taken ill, 24 October 1821 at Woolwich. Discharged 6 December 1821.

Folio 2: Isaac McArdle, aged 30, prisoner; disease or hurt, catarrh. Taken ill, 24 October 1821 at Woolwich. 30 October 1821 considerably relieved by medicines.

Folio 3: Edward Stones, aged 20, prisoner; disease or hurt, catarrh. Taken ill, 24 October 1821 at Woolwich. 29 October 1821, much better.

Folio 3: James Curtis, aged 18, prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Taken ill, 25 October 1821 at Woolwich. Discharged 3 November 1821.

Folio 3: William Jarvis, aged 20, prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Taken ill, 25 October 1821 at Woolwich. Discharged 2 November 1821.

Folios 3-4: Robert Tubbs, aged 30, soldier; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Taken ill, 28 October 1821 at Woolwich. 12 November 1821, strength improves daily.

Folios 4-5: George Taylor, aged 28, prisoner; disease or hurt, dysentery. Taken ill, 8 November 1821 at sea. Discharged 16 December 1821.

Folio 5: William Jarvis, aged 20, prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Taken ill, 19 November 1821 at sea. Discharged 30 November 1821.

Folios 5-6: Charles J Jones, aged 34, prisoner; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Taken ill, 23 November 1821 at sea. Discharged 2 December 1821.

Folios 6-7: Thomas Ledbeater, aged 41, prisoner, had previously been a soldier for several years in the East Indies; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Taken ill, 16 November 1821 at sea. Discharged 3 January 1822 as a convalescent.

Folios 7-8: William Jarvis, aged 20, prisoner; disease or hurt, coup de soleil, sun stroke. Taken ill, 11 December 1821 at sea. Discharged 7 January 1822 as a convalescent.

Folios 8-10: Edward Rook, aged 23, prisoner; disease or hurt, dysentery. Taken ill, 10 December 1821 at sea. 18 January 1822, general strength improving.

Folio 10: John Haynes, aged 18, prisoner; disease or hurt, abscess (swelling and pain in the breast). Taken ill, 24 December 1821 at sea. Discharged 6 January 1822.

Folios 10-11: James Campbell, aged 21, prisoner; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Taken ill, 4 January 1822 at sea. Discharged 20 January 1822.

Folio 11: Benjamin Edward Turner, aged 23, prisoner; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Taken ill, 4 January 1822 at sea. Discharged 15 January 1822.

Folio 12: Joseph Farnsworth, aged 49, prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea senalis. Taken ill, 17 January 1822 at sea. Died 19 January 1822.

Folio 12: William Bartley, aged 24, soldier; disease or hurt, pnemonia. Taken ill, 21 January 1822 at sea. Discharged 2 February 1822 to duty.

Folio 13: William Wilson, aged 25, soldier; disease or hurt, dysentery. Taken ill, 30 January 1822 at sea. Discharged 8 February 1822 to duty.

Folio 13: Thomas Carter, aged 24, soldier; disease or hurt, rhematism. Taken ill, 17 February 1822 at sea. Discharged 25 February 1822 to duty.

Folios 13-14: Formula of medicines mentioned in the journal.

Folios 15-30: blank.

Folio 31: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the medical journal.

Folios 31-32: Surgeon's general Remarks. Diarrhoea made its appearance soon after the convicts embarked to a considerable extent and continued more or less troublesome throughout notwithstanding the extreme attention paid to cleanliness and ventilation and every care taken to keep the prison dry and comfortable. The few cases of scurvy manifested themselves in high Southern latitudes but soon yielded to the usual mode of treatment as fresh and nutritious diet lemon juice exercise. Several cases of debility from age and former habits of intemperance became objects of attention the whole of the voyage and others who never seemed to recover perfectly from the effects of the severe weather experienced soon after clearing the Channel. [Signed] G S Rutherford, surgeon and superintendant.