Catalogue description The Globe convict ship medical officer's diary for 28 August 1818 to 30 January 1819 by...

The Globe convict ship medical officer's diary for 28 August 1818 to 30 January 1819 by George Clayton, surgeon superintendent. During this time the Globe convict ship was transporting convicts from Portsmouth to New South Wales. The diary records the number of sick on a daily basis.

Folio 1: Embarked 140 convicts from the hulks at Portsmouth.

Folios 1-4: John Taylor, aged 30; diarrhoea; dates on sick list, 28 August-17 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 2-6: William Ward, aged 36; disease or hurt, pain in head, and cough with shivering; dates on sick list, 1 September-13 October 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 2-5: Mrs Hermitage, soldier's wife; disease or hurt, bowel pains with tenesmus; dates on sick list, 2-28 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 2-5: Joseph Boney; disease or hurt, sick; dates on sick list, 3 September-7 October 1818; discharged.

Folios 2-5: Charles Mann, convict; disease or hurt, ulcerated leg; dates on sick list, 3 September-7 October 1818; discharged.

Folios 2-5: Thomas Bales, convict; disease or hurt, ulcerated leg; dates on sick list, 3-17 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folio 3: Edward Young, aged 20, convict; disease or hurt, warty excrescences on penis; dates on sick list, 3-17 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 3-4: Thomas Brown, convict; disease or hurt, tumerus on forehead occasioned by a blow; dates on sick list, 9-18 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 3-4: William Smith, aged 25, convict; disease or hurt, cough and pain in the side; dates on sick list, 10 September 1818 - [not stated]. Folios 3-5: Thomas Quinn, soldier; disease or hurt, piles; dates on sick list, 10 September-4 October 1818; discharged to duty.

Folios 3-5: Thomas Brown, convict; disease or hurt, node on fibia attended with great pain; dates on sick list, 11-18 September 1818; discharged cured.

Folio 3: Archibald Parry, convict; disease or hurt, excrescences surrounding anus; date on sick list, 11 September 1818.

Folio 3: Commenced issuing wine to the convicts, a quarter of a pint to each man three times a week.

Folios 3-7: Joseph Dredge, convict; dates on sick list, 14-28 September 1818.

Folio 4: Richard Kitto, convict; discharged cured 17 September 1818.

Folio 4: Abel Lancaster, convict; punished with twelve lashes for riotous conduct and abusive language to sentinel on 18 September 1818. Folios 4-5: John Johns, convict; discharged cured on 30 September 1818.

Folio 4: George Williams, convict; discharged cured on 18 September 1818.

Folio 4: Philip Lewis, convict; date on sick list 18 September 1818.

Folio 4: Fumigated the prison with Nitrous acid according to the method of Doctor [Smith/Smyth?].

Folio 5: C Lewis, discharged cured on 30 September 1818.

Folio 5: Thomas Heys, convict; disease or hurt, cough; date on sick list, 2-9 October 1818. Heys was punished with twelve lashes for abusive language to Lieutenant O'Brien (folio 6).

Folio 5: Richard Passmore, aged 14, vaccinated 2 October 1818.

Folio 5: Charles Brown, convict; disease or hurt, swelled legs without inflammation and head pain; dates on sick list, 3-5 October 1818. Folio 5: Prison guardroom and seamen's berths fumigated with nitrous acid on 7 October 1818.

Folios 5-6: Corporal Murphy; disease or hurt, pain of abdomen; dates on sick list, 7-12 October 1818; discharged to duty.

Folios 5-8: Henry Gardner, convict; disease or hurt, complained of loss of appetite; dates on sick list, 7-30 October 1818; discharged. Folios 6-16: Robert Nelson; dates on sick list, 9-13 October 1818; discharged cured.

Folio 6: Bernard Cosgrove, convict; disease or hurt, cough; dates on sick list, 10-13 October 1818; discharged cured.

Folio 6: James Glazier, convict; disease or hurt, cough, pain in breast; dates on sick list, 10 October-19 November 1818; discharged cured. Folio 6: Robert Edgar, discharged cured on 12 October 1818.

Folios 6-7: Samuel Birch, convict; disease or hurt, head pain; dates on sick list, 12-20 October 1818; discharged cured.

Folio 6: Charles [Manier?], discharged cured on 13 October 1818.

Folio 6: James Robinson, convict, punished with twelve lashes for attacking and threatening the sentinel on 14 October 1818.

Folio 7: Archibald Curry, discharged cured on 20 October 1818.

Folio 7: Edward Fitzgerald, soldier; disease or hurt, cough; date on sick list, 21-25 October 1818.

Folios 7-8: William Farns, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat, head pain, soreness of whole body; dates on sick list, 22 October-4 November 1818.

Folios 7-8: Thomas Quinn, soldier; disease or hurt, side pain; dates on sick list, 27 October-11 November 1818; discharged to duty.

Folios 8-9: Mrs Edwards, soldier's wife; disease or hurt, pain in the side, cough, pulse frequent, hot skin; dates on sick list, 8-19 November 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 8-9: John Gardiner, convict; disease or hurt, pain in the side, cough; dates on sick list, 11-22 November 1818; discharged cured. Folio 9: Mrs Fanning; disease or hurt, swollen and painful breast; dates on sick list, 18-23 November 1818, and vaccinated on 9 December 1818. Folios 9-10: Thomas Parkinson, soldier; disease or hurt, cough and pains of limbs; dates on sick list, 19-29 November 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 9-12: Thomas McKearnan, aged 27, soldier; disease or hurt, maniacal symptoms supposed to be caused by grog; dates on sick list, 20 November 1818-15 January 1819; discharged to hospital.

Folio 9: Benjamin Millington, convict, punished with forty two lashes on 14 October 1818 for obstructing a sentinel in his duty.

Folios 9-12: John Palfrey, passenger, handcuffed on 25 November 1818 for exciting tumult in the convicts and guards. Discharged 17 January 1819.

Folio 10: Mrs Palfrey, passenger, disease or hurt, head pain; dates on sick list, 27 November-8 December 1818; discharged cured.

Folios 10-12: Mrs Mead, passenger, disease or hurt, cough and soreness of breast; dates on sick list, 4 December 1818-13 January 1819. Mrs Mead gave birth to a boy on 12 December 1818 (folio 10).

Folio 10: Truss issued to Samuel Blake on 14 December 1818. Folios 11-12: Edward Donovan, soldier, disease or hurt, head pain and cough; dates on sick list, 21 December 1818-19 January 1819; discharged cured.

Folios 11-12: Andrew Barron, soldier, disease or hurt, cough and pain in the side; dates on sick list, 21 December 1818-18 January 1819; discharged cured.

Folio 11: Truss issued to Francis Houghton on 23 December 1818.

Folio 11: Mrs Fanning's child died morning of 30 December 1818.

Folios 11-12: William Glover, soldier, disease or hurt, cough and pain in the breast; dates on sick list, 6-24 January 1819; discharged cured. Folio 12: Edward Young discharged cured on 10 January 1819.

Folio 12: Francis Raison, convict, disease or hurt, fell from the booms with his leg into the copper of boiling water, treated with cerat resin according to Dr Kentish's method; dates on sick list, 10-15 January 1819; discharged to hospital.

Folio 12: Francis Houghton, convict, discharged to hospital on 15 January 1819. Folio 12: Landed fifty one convicts on 20 January 1819. Folio 12: John Moony, soldier; dates on sick list, 20-25 January 1819; discharged to hospital. Folio 12: Disembarked remaining 86 convicts on 28 January 1819. Folio 12: Disembarked the guards, their wives and children on 29 January 1819. Folio 13: Numerical abstract of medical cases contained in the medical officer's diary for the Globe convict ship. Folio 13: Medical officer's diary for the Globe convict ship approved and signed by L Macquarie, Government House, Sydney 13 February 1819.