Item ADM 101/237/1 - Folios 1-4: Charles Grant, aged 23, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, stricture of the urethra...

Folios 1-4: Charles Grant, aged 23, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, stricture of the urethra and Bright's disease of the kidney. Put on sick list, 1 January 1862. Sent to the Military Hospital at Sydney, 16 April 1862, invalided, 25 April 1862. He had joined from the merchant service in [August 1861]. Folios 5-7: William S Robertson, aged 34, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, abscess in the chest. Put on sick list, 15 February 1862. Sent to the Military Hospital at Sydney, 16 April 1862, invalided, 25 April 1862. Joined from the merchant service in July 1861 at Sydney. Folios 8-9: Thomas Woodward, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, sub acute gastritis. Put on sick list, 3 July 1862. Discharged to duty, 14 August 1862. He had been in the habit of gorging himself with food. Folio 10: Charles Hankey, aged 34, Private Royal Marine; disease or hurt, phthisis incipiens. Put on sick list, [30 March] 1862. Invalided, 25 April 1862. He had served on HMS Niger in China and was wounded by a gingal bullet between the right shoulder and apex of the chest, for which he was treated in the Hercules hospital ship and in the Military Hospital at Auckland. He joined the ship in 1861 in New Zealand. Folio 11: Charles Parker, aged 37, Abel Seaman; disease or hurt, disease of the knee joint. Put on sick list, 25 January 1862. Sent to the Military Hospital at Sydney, 16 April 1862, invalided, 25 April 1862. He had first been treated for this in September 1861, having injured his knee by falling while on leave in Sydney. 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 huts, not completed. Folios 12-13: Table III, for the period 1 January 1862 to the 31 December 1862. Mean numerical strength of the Ship's Company 145. Folios 13-14: Table IV, as table III but not completed. Folios 14-26: Surgeon's general remarks. Folios 14-17 cover the general health of the ship's company and the principal diseases under the headings; Fever, Cephalalgia, Bronchitis, Catarrhal affections, Diarrhoea, Venereal Disease, Rheumatism, Erythema, Phlegmon, Ulcer, Eczema, Anthrax, Dyspepsia, Wounds and Accidents. On folio 17 the cases of Silas Parker, Paymaster of HMS Harrier, suffering fracture of the right leg and shortening of the limb, Charles Jones, Sailmaker of HMS Orpheus, suffering peritonitis, William Ward, Sailmaker's crew of HMS Pelorus, suffering a pistol shot wound, and Patrick Coleman, Ordinary Seaman of HMS Miranda, suffering varicose veins, are mentioned. All were invalided. The surgeon suggests fresh water should be set aside for washing and a separate water closet provided for the sick. Folios 18-26 cover the movements of the ship with detailed descriptions of some of the places visited and at folio 19, a 'Track chart of the cruize of HMS Fawn to the Polynesian Islands'. Folios 18-20, 'Visit of HMS Fawn to some of the Polynesian Islands', a short general description of the island groups and the people inhabiting them, a visit to Savage Island [Niue] where a missionary called Mr Laws described the habits and customs of the people, their diet and the island itself are also described. Folio 21, the 'Island of Manua' is described. Folios 21-23, 'Pango - Pango, Island of Tutuila' [Pago Pago, American Samoa], is described in some detail, the land, animals and plants, the people, common diseases include elephantiasis and pterygium. Folios 23-23A, describe 'Apia, Island of Upolu', the trade in 'cocoa nut oil' and with American whalers, the village of Matua and the mission station, 'The London Mission', Leulumoega and its printing press and Saluafatu. Folio 23A, has a watercolour painting, 'Queen's House and French Cathedral, Wallis Island'. Folios 23A-24, describe the 'Island of Savaii', the largest island of the Samoan group, the village of Matautu, the Missionary Mr Pratt who has published a dictionary of Samoan, the weather and climate. Folios 24-26, 'Wallis Island, Futuna and New Caledonia', are described briefly, the Isle of Pines is passed by and the Araucaria Cookii pine tree is commented on, Port de France and New Caledonia are described in more detail. Folio 26, describes 'Norfolk Island', the pine trees and other plants, the Pitcairn Islanders and their Pastor Mr Nobbs are reported as living in the buildings of the former convict establishment, they are described as 'strictly moral and religious' and speaking a patois peculiar to themselves, they derived some income from whaling but had very little contact with the rest of the world, a schoolmaster had recently been sent out from England. Folio 27: Meteorological table showing average temperature and pressure for each month of 1862 and the whereabouts of the ship at the time.

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 >> AUSTRALIAN STATION >> Medical and surgical Journal of HMS Fawn for 1 January to 31 December 1862 by William Fasken, MD, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in Australia and New Zealand. (Described at item level).

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