| Administrative History | McGrigor arrived in Bombay with the 88th Regiment in June 1799. From September 1799-March 1800 the 88th was stationed at Colabah Island, two miles from Bombay. |
| Description | Description of cases in the 88th Regiment while quartered at 'Colabah and Old Woman Islands'. At the bottom of the title page has been written 'Bombay, 1800'.
The majority of the daily entries offer only very brief remarks on the condition and progress of patients and they are not all written in the same hand. In each set of weekly remarks, comments on the progress of individual cases are provided, in addition to more general observations on the health of the patients. Remarks have been entered for the following dates:
16-22 September (pp.10-11)
10 men have been removed from the sick list since the last report; the new cases admitted are principally cases of icterus and dysentery. Three cases from last week have died; one of the men had been treated with the nitric bath but this had no effect on the tumor. Discusses autopsy carried out on two patients; the third 'was kept alive _ by wine' until he too died. Discusses progress and treatment of other patients which include cases of hepatitis, chronic dysentery and ulcers.
23-28 September (pp.16-17)
The sick list has decreased by four; one patient has died from chronic dysentery, the mercury having had no _ effect. Also discusses progress of other patients, noting use of nitrous acid and mercury in some cases.
29 September-5 October (pp.24-25)
The sick list continues to decrease. Two patients died. Notes in particular venereal cases, the condition of whom has not altered greatly.
6-12 October (pp.32-33)
The number of sick continues to decrease; there are 59 cases in total. The number of serious cases continues to increase. Notes rise in temperature; one patient died owing to debility and 'consumption of the powers of life'.
13-19 October (pp.39-40)
'This being reputed the most sickly months in the year in this island, after the subsiding of the rains, an increase of disease might naturally be expected; the number of sick does not however seem to be much altered...We have had however more dangerous cases proportionally...'.
19-26 October (pp.46-47)
27 October-2 November (pp.53-54)
3-9 November (pp.58-60)
10-16 November (pp.65-66)
17-23 November (pp.70-71)
24 November-1 December (pp.76-77)
2-9 December (pp.81-82)
11-15 December (p.88)
20-28 December (p.100)
29 December-4 January 1800 (pp.106-107)
5-11 January (pp.113-114)
12-18 January (pp.119-120)
19-25 January (pp.124-125)
25-31 January (pp.132-133)
[Remarks are entered here but the date is unknown as part of the page is missing.]
17-23 February
[No page numbers as part of page missing.]
24 February-2 March (pp.159-160)
3-9 March (pp.164-165)
10-16 March (pp.168-169)
At the end of the volume there is an incomplete index. |