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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Medical Journal of the Woodbridge Emigrant Ship, by Alexander Stewart, Surgeon Superintendent, During which Time the Said Ship was Employed in a Passage to Sydney, New South Wales |
| Author | Stewart, Alexander |
| Date | 2 Apr-18 Sep 1839 |
| Document Type | Shipping Papers |
| Reference | ADM 101/79/8 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | Admiralty and Predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and Predecessors: Medical Journals |
| Description | Sick book of the emigration ship 'Woodbridge', compiled by Superintendent Surgeon Alexander Stewart. Includes a sick list and accounts of cases tended to by the surgeon, along with his general remarks. Two births and 10 deaths occurred during the course of the voyage. |
| Series Description | A selection of journals returned to the bodies responsible for superintending naval medical services by the surgeons of HM ships, some hospitals, naval brigades and shore parties. There are also journals from convict ships and emigrant ships, for which naval surgeons were provided. The journals contain an account of the treatment of medical and surgical cases, and usually a copy of the daily sick list, statistical abstracts of the incidence of diseases, and general comments on the health and activities of the ship's company. |
| Biographical Note / History | Fleet Temporary Memorandum 215 of 1990 terminated the requirement for ships' medical officers to compile journals. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Ships and Shipping Lines; Journey Conditions |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia |
| Ports | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | English; Irish; European |
| Ships | Woodbridge |
| Keywords | death, birth, surgeon, fever, dysentery, scabies, vomiting, herpes, constipation, injury, scabies, diarrhoea, shipping, health and sickness |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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