| Administrative History | McGrigor was stationed in Jersey at this time as surgeon to the 88th Regiment. His assistants were Mr. Ninian Bruce and Dr. J. Brown, both from Aberdeen. |
| Description | Record of surgical cases in the Regimental Hospital at St. Owen's Bay, Jersey. Remarks are entered for each day and include the name of the patient, their complaint, the medicines prescribed, their progress and if they have been dismissed from hospital. The entries are not always in the same hand.
Weekly remarks are included on pages 22, 36, 51, 64, 82 (written in different hand), 99 and 131, and these provide a summary of the progress of the patients. At the end of the volume is an index of cases.
A sample of the cases described for the week 31 December-5 January 1798 (pages 82-83) is as follows:
'Berryman. The ulcers are still numerous and extended over a considerable inflamed space but seem inclined to heal up slowly'.
'Jennings. Gonorrhea is the disease which affects this case. He has been long _ to it; at present he affirms that no fresh infection has been [received?]. But from _ _ this assertion appears to be void of truth'.
'McAbe. Ulcers on legs with diseased state of the bone. The origin of the complaint was a fall which fractured the fibula, near which splinters of bone have been discharged, and the ulcers are now in a foul unhealthy state'. |