1. Health of the Royal Navy 1864 - including Station maps. [work in progress]


2. Health of the Royal Navy 1865-66
3. Health of the Royal Navy 1866-67 - to be done i.d.c. - don't hold your breath - I have other things to do at the present time.

N.B. Firstly I'm a non-medical person, and merely have an interest in RN social history, of which the Health of the Navy plays an important part.

Whilst I've attempted to check the various spellings of medical terms etc., some appear to be archaic, or localised, and aren't included in my dictionary. There are most likely some errors which I've missed - my eyes ain't as good as they used to was, and since the report is over 500 pages one needs to draw a line somewhere ! I should be happy to make corrections that tie in with the text of the original report, and to add notes of clarification where appropriate, for anyone who may be that interested in the "nitty gritty" of the detail.

In addition, there are some strange spellings place names eg Mombaza for Mombasa : in most cases I've retained the original spelling.

For the 21st Century "scribe" this makes fascinating reading in places - interesting to note that quinine appears to be used quite liberally by some surgeons, on occasion as a prophylactic, and that even in those days there are doubts in certain quarters about its widespread use, and associated problems.

When I've completed the transcript I should be happy to send, free of charge, scans of selected pages or sections from the original document for say a particular station in pdf. format for educational purposes etc., but regret that is as far as I'm prepared to go at the present time.

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