About This Item
Title
British naval surgeon's journal describing prisoners from ship of American Captain John Paul Jones
Subject
Cowpox--Inoculation
Fever--Sailors
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
Medicine, Naval--Eighteenth century
Fever--Sailors
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
Medicine, Naval--Eighteenth century
Description
A notebook kept by the unamed surgeon of the British naval vessel “George & Jean”. It is divided into several sections by subject. The first section, written in 1780, describes the surgeon’s ship taking on board ill prisoners from the ship of American Naval Captain John Paul Jones – considered the Father of the United States Navy - while near Texel Island, off the coast of Holland.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Date
1780
Language
English
Type
Diaries
Identifier
naval_diary
Extent
1 volume
Provenance
Bonhams Auctions, London
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
Netherlands
North Sea
North Sea
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Unknown, “British naval surgeon's journal describing prisoners from ship of American Captain John Paul Jones,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8131.