Item ADM 101/132/1 - Folio 1: William Willis, aged 24, Gunner's Mate; disease or hurt, gunshot wound, right great...

Folio 1: William Willis, aged 24, Gunner's Mate; disease or hurt, gunshot wound, right great toe. Put on sick list, 4 January 1861. Discharged, 14 January 1861. While cleaning a colt revolver it accidentally went off. Folios 1-3: Mr Horatio Somerville, aged 29, Assistant Paymaster; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 9 February 1861, off Lagos. Died, 10 February 1861. He had been on shore many times while the ship had been employed at Fernando Po and in the rivers Cameroon, Malimba, Old Calabar or Bonny, he had been exposed to the sun and had also slept on deck. He had 'long been addicted to habits of intemperance'. He was a personal friend of Mr Keenan's, who felt his loss greatly. Folios 3-4: Jack Stuart, aged 26, Krooman; disease or hurt, amputation of the little toe. Put on sick list, 15 January 1861, in the Old Calabar River. Discharged, 12 February 1861. He had been in the habit of applying a ligature to the middle of the 2nd phalanx of the right little toe but could give no reason for doing so. This had nearly cut off the toe and the end of it was mortified. Folio 4: Mr Thomas Lewis, aged 33, Assistant Surgeon; disease or hurt, general debility. Put on sick list, 30 December 1860, off Fernando Po. Discharged to HMS Espoir for passage to Ascension Hospital, 24 February 1861. He had suffered gout in his right great toe shortly after leaving England. Folios 4-5: Thomas Byrne, aged 26, Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, colic, varicose veins and ulcers. Put on sick list, 16 January 1861, in the Old Calabar River. Discharged to HMS Espoir for passage to Ascension Hospital, 24 February 1861. As he was recovering from colic, sores broke out on his legs and ankles. Folios 5-6: Joseph [Waterson], aged 26, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, condyloma. Put on sick list, 13 March 1861, in the Bight of Benin. Discharged, 31 March 1861. He had suffered since leaving England and had been on the sick list before. Folio 6: Black Joe, aged 33, Krooman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea and phymosis, circumcision. Put on sick list, 16 April 1861. Discharged, 15 May 1861. He had contracted gonorrhoea at Fernando Po in January. Folios 6-7: Samuel Walker, aged 22, Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, chronic eczema. Put on sick list, 28 April 1861, off Badagry. Discharged to HMS Bloodhound for passage to Ascension Hospital, 21 June 1861. Folio 7: Thomas Stiles, aged 19, Boy 1st Class; disease or hurt, ulcers and naevi. Put on sick list, 14 August 1861, in the Bight of Benin. Discharged to Ascension Hospital, 12 September 1861. Folios 7-9: Robert Nevil, aged 43, Royal Marine; disease or hurt, fever followed by iritis syphillitic. Put on sick list, 20 August 1861, in the Bight of Benin. Discharged to Ascension Hospital, 12 September 1861. Folio 9: Thomas Byrne, aged 27, Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, ulcer and varicose veins. Put on sick list, 12 September 1861. Discharged to Ascension Hospital, 17 September 1861. Folios 9-10: Mr George Santo, aged 38, Gunner; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 13 September 1861, at Ascension Island. Discharged, 30 October 1861. The 12th time in 13 months that he had been on the sick list with the same complaint. Folios 10-11: G T T Cheyney, aged 23, Assistant Paymaster in charge; disease or hurt, fever associated with gastric haemorrhage. Put on sick list, 25 November 1861, on passage to Fernando Po. Discharged, 12 December 1861. Folio 11: Table I, A nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of this journal, in conformity with the 30th article of the Surgeon's Instructions. Folio 12: Table II, Men who have received wounds or hurts, no names entered. Folios 12-13: Table III, for the period 1 January 1861 to 31 December 1861. Mean numerical strength of the Ship’s Company 75 108/365. Folios 13-14: Table IV, as table III but not completed.

The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of Medical and Prisoner of War Departments >> Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals >> CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION >> Medical and surgical Journal of Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Ranger for 1 January to 31 December 1861 by Mr Constantine Keenan, Assistant Surgeon, during which time the said sloop was employed on the West Coast of Africa Station. (Described at item level).

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