Ramsdale, Harry Hayter (fl. 1860)

Date:
1859-1862
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About this work

Description

Diary of H H Ramsdale, mainly compiled while serving at Naples with the English Brigade supporting Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1860 (ff. 4-10), and on board the Clifton, an emigrant ship bound from London to Queensland, Australia, 1861-62 (ff. 10-54, 136-143).

Publication/Creation

1859-1862

Physical description

143 ff. (55-135 blank).
1 volume: 151 ? 100 mm.

Biographical note

Although not medically qualified, Ramsdale had training or experience which allowed him to assume medical practice for part of the Clifton's voyage after the ship's surgeon had cut his throat. Ramsdale settled at Allora, Queensland.

Related material

Cf. Helen Woolcock, 'Medical supervision on nineteenth-century emigrant vessels: the voyage of the Clifton, 1861-62', in John Pearn, ed., Pioneer medicine in Australia (Brisbane, 1988), pp. 65-76.

Creator/production credits

Harry Hayter Ramsdale, fl. 1860

Language note

In English.

Type/Technique

Languages

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