| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Series |
| Ref No | MS 2070/15 |
| Title | Journal of Jonathan Troup: March 1790 |
| Date | March 1790 |
| Extent | Pages 168v - 173v |
| Creator Name | Jonathan Troup (c1764 - 1799), physician, of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dominica, West Indies |
| Description | Journal of Jonathan Troup: March 1790
Troup took salts to take the heat off his skin
He heard that Laing's negro is mad frantic. They locked him up 'in that place' damp and confined and 2 or 3 minutes later he died. He told Capt. Mackclean that Mr Laing had ordered the negro to that house without informing him and that he'd told hospital George to get him removed.
The cause of negro's death was that a ram had struck him in the chest. He was never well since although he worked and never told the surgeon
The surgeon's mate was to come out to the 60th
He was called to attend a flogging. Three men were punished for drunkenness and selling their shirts
He gave details about social events including the background of Mr Buie
He dined on board 'The Friendship' from Liverpool. He described the food and the company
He dined with Dr Brown who promised to go home in order to establish Troup in the post. A few days later, Dr Brown got a leave of absence. When he left he took all his furniture home with him for 12 months. Troup had to borrow items including kitchen furniture and utensils
Pen sketch of a small river net and description of its use
He treated two negro boys with sore throats
Governor Bruce sent for one of his negroes for a change of air
Troup planned out his garden. Later in the month, on Captain Macklean's orders, Troup sent the sick negroes to cultivate his garden. He remarked that he got leaves, seeds and a gum from Botany Bay
He noted that eel skins round your arm are good for rheumatism (so says an Antiguan)
A sailor was ill on board The Bristol. He died that night
Mrs Grubb was very ill with fever and ague and stomach pain. He noted on the 10th that she was better but on the 29th he remarked that she was still unwell
A committee came to take care of the 50 colony negroes. Troup listed the committee members. Midway through the month, he remarked that Dr Markham sent to Mr Laing for a list of the colony negroes but Laing refused and that Dr Markham then wrote to the 'engeneer' for a list
36 French soldiers were reported to have landed at Portsmouth (having deserted). Captain Briedenback went in search of them to get them to enlist if he could
A bank of earth fell on a negro's back. It was not broken
A negro at Mr Hodnett's was very ill
Captain Breidenbock wished to make friends with him again
He saw 2 sick on board the ship Alexander and was paid 3$ for it
Mrs Murray was better. She had had a sore toe
A negro at Piccard estate died suddenly of yaws
He got 6$ from Captain Thorpe of The Friendship
He described and sketched a Gambee drum
He remarked one morning that his sleep had been 'so so. My arm pains me from L[ues] V[enerea]'
Heavy rain so he expects plenty of sick
His horse got stuck in a clay hill in heavy rain. Troup described how he got him free
He treated a woman with fluor albus
He saw a man with a swelled face and belly
He was called to see Pritchard's leg at Cabbrits but he died of it on the 25th
On the 16th he remarked that 'every person is at variance with me'
He described dimensions of a chorde of wood
He wrote out the number of sick
He called up to Captain Mackclean 'as Mr Laing told him that I do not visit the sick'
He wrote a letter to Dr Brown about Troup's appointment as his assistant
He was called to Mr Trotter's to treat a woman who tumbled down a steep stony hill. He gave her a blister
He received a letter from Mr Alleyne regarding his agreement but Troup decided to stick by what he originally told him
He said that Dr Hinchcliffe had a white man (Mr Hill) sick in the town 'but had no intention of calling in assistance for which he is blameable'. It was hinted that he was incapable as a Doctor. On the 22nd, a letter was sent stating that that Mr Hill was dead at Portsmouth. He had left his whole property to a man who debauched his sister and to whom he had not spoken in years
He returned the number of sick and all of the absents as not sick to Capt. Mackclean
He went to the Bara and he boasted of doing his family duty to Lydia, mulatto girl, and she did same 'being his hobby horse'
He told of a disagreement between Major Lee's son and Mr Hall. Lee wanted to go to Roseau and horsewhip Mr Hall but Troup dissuaded him for Mrs Hall's sake
Mr Burn couldn't find the key to the necessary and Dr Markham threatened to kick the door down
He discussed the fortifications in Cabbrits
He and Dr Markham called to see Drummer Mallons whom Dr Brown had trepanned. He was attacked with fits after violent drinking
Captain Briedenbock had gout in his big toe
Mr Laing showed ill will to Dr Markham and Troup by sending away negroes he knew were employed by them
His horse was out all night in heavy rain and was trembling in morning. Troup looked after him
He told of a young Englishman in the bay who was struck overboard by the boom on a ship
He treated a boy with a nail through his foot
He treated Mr Richards whom he described as a very bilious, weakly lad. He was called to him during the following night and when he saw him the next day, Dr Groves from Guadeloupe had seen him. He was in perspiration. On the 31st he stated that Mr Richards was better. He got a stool and vomited basin of bile
He described Miss Lee
Captain Mackclean wanted him to inform him when he left post so that they knew where to find him in an emergency
Dr Groves gone to Roseau on the 31st |
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