Instructions for medical officers of the Royal Navy, used on HMS TOPAZE and HMS RESISTANCE.
Bound volume containing a journal of instructions for medical officers of the Royal Navy, used while on board HMS TOPAZE (1858) and HMS RESISTANCE (1861), between 1868 and 1872. The subjects covered include changes in terminology for particular diseases, the abolition of a separate sick mess fund, and methods for the production of particular medicines. There are also tables for filling in details of a surgeon's cases and accounts.
Record Details
| Item reference: | PLR/4; MS1981/033 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 item |
| Date made: | 1868-1872 |
| Creator: | Palmer, John Linton |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Medical and surgical journal of HM Sloop DWARF. (Manuscript) (PLR/1)
- Journal detailing weather conditions and patients' cases and health trends while on board HMS JACKAL. (Manuscript) (PLR/2)
- Sick mess account book, HMS TOPAZE and HMS RESISTANCE. (Manuscript) (PLR/3)
- Instructions for medical officers of the Royal Navy, used on HMS TOPAZE and HMS RESISTANCE. (Manuscript) (PLR/4)
- Sick list for HMS TOPAZE, 1868-1869. (Manuscript) (PLR/5)
- Sick list for HMS RESISTANCE, 1870. (Manuscript) (PLR/6)