Jonathan Troup, physician, of Aberdeen, Scotland and Dominica, West Indies: journal Diary of the voyage by Jonathan Troup from Aberdeen to Dominica in the West Indies and of his life and work as a physician there, 1788 - 1790. During the voyage, Troup served as ship's surgeon and on arrival in Roseau in Dominica, he began work as an assistant to Dr Fillan. He describes his life, the patients he treated and the illnesses they suffered from, the lives of the negroes and mullatoes, the culture and the politics of Dominica and other West Indian Islands. His relationship with Dr Fillan deteriorated badly and he moved to Prince Rupert's, on the other side of the island where he practised medicine and served as acting surgeon to the army ordnance at Fort Shirley. The text is illustrated with crude ink and water-colour drawings of people and places encountered during his voyage and whilst practising medicine in Dominica. While the spellings have been standardised to modern variants for easy searching, the vocabulary and terminology of the original volume has been maintained. 1788-1790