Report of the Commitee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic Expedition ; the adequacy of the provision made by the Admiralty in the way of food, medicine, and medical comforts ; and the propriety of the orders given by the commander o[f] the Expedition for provisioning the sledge parties.
- Great Britain. Admiralty. Committee on Scurvy.
- Date:
- [1877?]
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Credit: Report of the Commitee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic Expedition ; the adequacy of the provision made by the Admiralty in the way of food, medicine, and medical comforts ; and the propriety of the orders given by the commander o[f] the Expedition for provisioning the sledge parties. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NORTH STAR, H.M.S., 1852-54. Dr. Toms- Hard work in North Star cutting docks, 3579 ; tracking ' along the ice not so hard as the ice saw work, 3585-6 ; hard work in winter fetching coals and provisions, 3587 ; on her beam ends, for how long, attendant circumstances, 3663 ; number of her crew and arctic service, 3676-7. Mr. Bayley, 1848-49— Passed the winter unexpectedly, 6255 ; ship not prepared for wintering, frozen in eleven months, 6312-13. Rear-Admiral Pullen, 1852-54— Her dangerous position when on shore, 6210 ; she had two , decks, the main used for berths, the lower for work, 6215 ; advantage of this, 6216. NURSING. [See Scurvy, Treatment of.'] O'KEGAN, MICHAEL, A.B., of Discovery — Lieutenant Rawson— Case of scurvy, 1147 ; improvement in seal meat and lime juice, 1148; state of health on arrival on board ship, 1150 ; how far recovery due to seal meat, 1090-92. Dr. Nihnis— Caw of, after sledging in North Greenland, 2567-9. Dr. Coppinger— His case, 2749. OSBORN, REAR-ADMIRAL SHERARD— Dr. Toms— His opinion about taking lime juice sledging, 3756. Dr. Lyail— Lieutenant ■Osborn when sledging from Assistance, in 1852-4; had symptoms of scurvy, was better on return, 4358-60. Admiral Ommanney— Sufferings of party from snow-blindness, 5892. OX-CHEEK. [See Meat.} PAGODA— Dr. Dickson— His experience as medical officer in charge of the Pagoda in the antarctics from December to April, 1844-5, number and size of icebergs, 5673 ; and thermometer seldom below + 20, 5675. PALL, CHARLES W., A.B., of Discovery — Commander Beaumont— Treatment by Dr. Coppinger, 934 ; offensiveness of breath in tent, 976 ; what remedies he tried, their failure, 979 ; death, 1100. Dr. Coppinger— His case, 2746-8 ; constitution utterly broken with scurvy, 2944 ; but otherwise fair, 2945. PEMMICAN. Papers in Appendix and tvith Report. Analysis of, by Surgeon-Major De Chaumont No. 23. „ ,, Professor Erankland.. .. with Report. Evidence. Sir G. Nares— Some people cannot eat it, 43. Captain Stephenson— Men did not eat it all at first, 338 ; allowance of, ample, 340. Captain Markham— Not at first on'full allowance, 591 ; being unable to pat it, 592 ; or to cook it, 730-31; all took kindly to it after a week, 729. Commander Beaumont— American pemmican coarse, with more fat and currants, 955 ; want of appetite when first sledging, from dislike of pemmican and fatigue, 961. Lieutenant Rawson— It was very good, 1164; the American much coarser, 1165. Commander Aldrich— Excellent, but not suited to all, 1303. Commander Parr—- Both plain and sweet carried, 1492 ; it had to be eaten with salt, 1493-5 ; did not produce thirst, 1498 ; sick men preferred bacon, 1497. Dr. Colan— Two kinds, 1782 ; the plain generally used, 1783 ; account of preparation of both kinds, 1784; it did not produce thirst, 1786. Admiral Richards— In early sledge travelling some days elapse before men eat it, 3187, 3223. Captain Hobson— It was taken sledging from Eox, 3482. Sir L. M'Clintock— That used in the late expedition the same as in his, 3350. Captain A. Young— Eaten raw sledging from Fox, 3788. Dr. Macdonald— More than recjuired if nil consumed, 4862 ; not liked by all, 4863. Dr. De Chaumont— No antiscorbutic properties except lactic acid in the flesh, 5136 ; that mixed with raisins and currants would have, PEMMICAN, continued— 5137; and would account for exemption of Americans from scurvy, 5138. Dr. Payy— Is rich in albuminates or fat, 5186. Mr. Busk— The mixture of currants with American pemmican might give it antiscorbutic properties, 5275-6 it creates thirst, 5255 ; apparent repugnance of men to it, 5249. Admiral Ommanney, 1850-51— Want of appetite for it, 5907 ; preference for pork, 5907 ; herbs, not currants, used to be in it, 5908, 5915-16 ; description of its preparation, 5908-9. Captain Feilden— Used it sledging in recent expedition, 6039 ; ate his own allowance and sometimes more, 6040; mixed it with potatoes and cooked it, 6041-4. Rear-Admiral Pullen, Former Expeditions— It was made in England, some had currants and sugar, plain preferred, 6175-6 ; in winter quarters, 1850, found some flour and pemmican, 6119. Mr. Bayley, 1852-54— How it was cut and weighed for sledging, 6288 ; it was of three kinds, with currants, sweet and plain, 6380-81. J. Organ— Sledging from Assistance, how it was carried, 6666, 6692-3 ; and issued in turn, 6667 ; the currant kind most liked, 6668. Dr. Barnes— Pemmican not antiscorbutic, has no faith in it as meat, 7062. Alexander Gray, Ice-quartermaster — It was very good, 7450-56 ; and liked at first, 7450, 7455 ; the sweet best, 7457; how the pemmican was cooked, 7458. Thomas Bawlings— It was liked, 7736 ; the sweet preferred, 7757-8. Mr. Emmerson— Heavy feeding, could not eat it all, 8299, 8300. William Jenkins— Very substantial, 8498 ; had no appetite for it, or pre- served meat when ill, 8398, 8402 ; did not eat it for some time, 8486. Dr. Rae— Method of making it by the Hudson Bay people, 8772 ; description of the service berry sometimes put into it, 8772-5 ; he and his men could always eat more than their ration, 8778 ; it was eaten cold in the morning, cooked at night, 8806. Mr. Mitchell— In Discovery plain and sweet, 8925; only that at Polaris Bay had currants in it, 8926-7 ; it was all con- sumed, 8929. Sir A. Armstrong— To what extent with currants it is antiscorbutic, 9164; but prefers it plain, 9169 ; what they had in Intrepid, did not like the sweet, 9170. PESHAWAR— Dr. Munro— Peculiarity of the Peshawar fever, 8555. PETERSON,'N. C, of Alert, the Dane, Dog-driver and Interpreter— Sir G. Nares— Over standard of age, had wintered before in the arctic, 149. Lieutenant Rawson— Illness due to want of quick circulation, 1043-8, 1126 ; too old for low -temperature, his age, 1127 ; as well clad as the others, 1047 ; his symptoms, 1128-33 ; had been in previous expeditions, 1132 ; was suffering from frost- bite, 1133 ; measures to protect him when ill, 1134. Dr. Colan— Death, 1624, 1688 ; illness began in March when sledging, 1625, 1692 ; not ill in winter, 1626 ; his congestion of the lungs not due to scurvy, 2032-3 ; appearance of scor- butic symptoms in April, 169 L-3, 1704-5 ; was not sur- prised under the circumstances, 1705; Ids treatment, want of fresh meat much felt, 1694; how far his appe- tite failed, 1695 ; what vegetables were given, 1696 ; lime juice was given him when, ill, 1700-l7oi; and before, 2118 ; extra allowance after appearance of scurvy, 1702 ; one ounce before, 1702-7; thinks now that a larger quantity was necessary to prevent scurvy, 1706-8. PIM, LIEUTENANT BEDFORD, now Captain- Sir A. Armstrong— Rescue of Investigator by Lieutenant Pirn, travelling in very low temperature, 8931, 9223. PIONEER, H.M.S., 1852-54— Sir G. Nares— Warmed in the ordinary way, and considered preferable to Sylvester stove, used as an hospital ship, 9303. Dr. Toms— Complement of her, 3699. POLE, NORTH. [See Arctic Exploration.'] PORK. [See Meal and Diet.] PLANTS. Antiscorbutic, in the arctic regions .. Appendix No. 26. 3 P 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24397945_0543.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
