Elizabeth Larkin

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Maureen Withey on 24th November 2021

Tasmanian Indents. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p30 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5p31 Elizabeth Larkin, Tried at Kings, 1 July 1847, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-19$init=CON41-1-19p71 Elizabeth Larkin. Died at Sea, 10 July 1848. -------------------------------------------------- Adm. 101-040-06 : Surgeon’s Journal of Her Majesty’s Female Convict Ship Kinnear, Mr J. G. Williams, Surgeon, Between the 2nd May and 14th October 1848. Elizabeth Larkin age 22. a Convict was put in the Sick List, in Kingstown Harbour and died at sea 10th July 1848 Details: This woman stated that she had been in several hospitals in Ireland, and was discharged from the Infirmary of “Grange Gorman Penitentiary” only a short time before her embarkation on board the Kinnear Convict Ship, -she was represented to be quite well, when she left the latter establishment; however, she had not been many days on board in the close crowded prison below, before she began to complain of her head, and a pain in the small of her back, with continued thirst, no appetite, tongue clean, pulse small & soft, skin moist, bowels generally confined, has not seen the Catamenial discharge since her conviction, and attributes this cessation to the fright, on hearing her sentence for transportation. her appearance was pale and leucophlegmatic, a full face, hence her appearance was deceptive, as to her actual bodily stamina, being on the contrary exceedingly emaciated in her person, and very anxious to leave Ireland where, she states, she had suffered greatly from want of food; latterly her breathing was hurried, and her feet became oedematous, there was also a slight cough, with continued hectic fever, she was admitted into the hospital at Kingstown harbour previous to our sailing, where she continued up to the day of her death. The treatment consisted in an attempt to invigorate the constitution in general by a generous diet, and stimulate the ovarian system in particular, by warmth, and a moderate use of wine, etc, with occasional gentle aperients, tonics, stomachics, and aromatics, were employed, such as Quassiæ, Quininæ, and the Tinct. Ferri. Muriat. Under the above treatment she partly recovered and gained considerable strength, but again relapsed into her former pitiable and irretrievable state of debility, and died on the above date, apparently from sudden effusion into the cavity of the thorax. Nature of disease: Chlorosis, (a form of anemia) --------------------------------------------------