Drawing of skull of a Northern Indian

Date: 1863 Reference: ADM 101/276 Creator: Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Catalogue context: Medical and Surgical Journal of Her Majesty’s Hired surveying vessel Beaver for 25 March to 8 June 1863 by Dr Edward B Bogg, Assistant Surgeon in charge, during which time the said vessel was employed in the North Pacific. Folio 1: Title page. Folios 2 – 3: Mr E R Blunden, aged 21, Acting Second Master; disease or hurt, abscess in the right upper arm. Put on sick list, 3 April 1863, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island. Discharged, 20 April 1863. He abraded the skin of his right index finger a month earlier at rifle practice but thought nothing of it. Powder must have got into the wound and infected it, causing it to take a long time to heal. His arm became inflamed. Folios 3 – 4: Vincente Domenico, aged 21, Ship’s Cook; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 May 1863, at sea. Discharged, 31 May 1863. Contracted through ‘connexion with an Indian squaw at Nanaimo’ on 26 April 1863. Folios 5 – 11: Blank. Folio 12: A nosological synopsis of the sick book. Co... Categories: Military; Naval; Overseas Subjects: Armed Forces (General Administration); Children; Crime; Diaries; Disease; Hunting; Maps and plans; Navy Topics: Agriculture and environment; Crime, courts and justice; Family and identity; Health and welfare; Land and buildings; Military and war Period: Victorians Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf