Journal of Thomas North, ship's surgeon

  • North, Thomas
Date:
1891
Reference:
MS.8742
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Journal of Thomas North, ship's surgeon. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Journal of Thomas North, containing a long account of his voyage to China in the SS Glenavon as ship's surgeon, 1891.

The voyage of the SS Glanavon from London to China and back took from 17 April 1891-18 September 1891. During this time Thomas North found that his work as ship's surgeon was not as onerous as expected, so occupied himself by keeping a diary listing his impressions of the crew, passengers, places visited, and anything else that struck him as being interesting. The route of the ship took them through the straits of Gibraltar and the Suez canal, on to Port Said, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hankow, and Colombo.

The rear of the volume contains patient notes relating to people treated by North at the Somerset and Bath Lunatic Asylum, Wells, a record of temperatures during the voyage, post mortem notes on a case of dysentry at Shanghai General Hospital (9th June), and some notes and rough pencil drawings made whilst on board ship.

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1891

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1 volume

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Purchased from Richard Ford, April 2010.

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  • 1737