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William Neville was transported on the Portsea, departing 24th Jul 1838 and arriving 18th Dec 1838 with 240 passengers.
Portsea (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 298 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Placed on Sick List; 6 August 1838 Age; 25 years old Discharged; SENT ON SHORE TO HOSPITAL Disease; Diarrhea followed by Sarcocele. Surgeon's Notes; "William Neville, by trade a hair dresser of emaciated appearance was put on the sick list. ** sarcocele - term for any tumour, benign or malignant, primary or metastatic, of the testis.
ADM 101/60/6/10 1838. Sick list of the Portsea Convict Barque from Deptford to Sydney, New South Wales, between the 7th day of July and the [...] day of December 1838. Thomas Bell (c) Surgeon and Superintendent: Folios 15-17: William Neville, aged 25, Prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 6 August 1838, at sea. Sent to the hospital at Sydney, 19 December 1838. 'By trade a hairdresser of emaciated appearance and scrophulous habit of body', had suffered diarrhoea for 2 days before complaining. He was discharged well on 9 August but readmitted on 18 August with enlargement of the right testicle and thickening of the spermatic chord. He had suffered frequent attacks of venereal disease 'for which, by his own account he has taken a bushel of Morrison's vegetable pills, to the effect of losing the spongy bones of his nose with large ulcers on the scalp, trunk and extremities'. He had been 'salivated' in St Bartholomew's Hospital under Mr Vincent and was a patient for 15 weeks, after which he again began drinking 'ardent spirits' and lost the use of his limbs. He was readmitted, salivated and after 3 months, discharged well. He received treatment for the whole voyage and was described by the surgeon as 'a drain on the medicine chest' and needed a quantity of opium to produce sleep which 'would kill any other man in the prison'.