| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Series |
| Ref No | MS 3027/9 |
| Title | Journal of Jonathan Troup: June 1792 |
| Date | June 1792 |
| Extent | Pages 177 - 196 |
| Creator Name | Jonathan Troup (c1764 - 1799), physician, of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dominica, West Indies |
| Description | Journal of Jonathan Troup: June 1792
He treated a man with flying pains from hard labour
He saw his brother and other relations
He drew blood from a woman who may be with child
He treated a girl in labour for 3 days and nights, the baby was stillborn
He read 'Generous Attachment' a novel (London 1789)
He read 'The beauties of the English Drama' (4 volumes, London 1777) and quotes poems and couplets from it
He saw 'his girl' at Migvie and remarks that he thinks the country girls begin to be fond of him
The sister of 'his girl' threatens dropsy
He treated a woman's left eye
He weighed up the pros and cons of staying in Cromar or going to London
He told of the death of a dropsical boy with worms at Tarland
A woman hung herself
He read [Fanny Vernon] on Forelorn Hope 'A Tale of Woe during the War in America, 1789' which he describes as 'affecting enough and worth perusal'
He read 'Travels in North America in 1780-1 and 1782' by the Marquis de [Chastellux], Major General of the French Army operating under the Count D'Rochambeau
He described the beauty of women in different nations
He made notes from 'Anatomy' by James Keill M.D. (London 1738)
He took a lump of granite out of a boys foot |
| Access Status | Open |
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