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MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITION.
Ship.
Corps.
Medical Officer.
.
Marina
26th Bombay N. I. ...... Junior Medical Officer, Surgeon Clarkson'
Macedonia
Detachment 9th Bengal
Cavalry.
Passed Medical Pupil Azeezoola Dawood-
sha.
Trinacria
Detachment 1st Bombay
Lancers.
Passed Medical Pupil Dhunjeebhoy Rut-
tonjee, No. 742.
Baron Colonsay
1st Bombay Lancers.... Junior Medical Officer, Surgeon E. W.
Young.
St. Mildred
Ditto
... Hospital Assistant 9th Regiment N. I.;
Shaik Nadir.
Hannibal.
Ditto
... Senior Hospital Assistant Samuel Sam-
son, from 9th N. I.
Brambletya
Ditto
... Surgeon Street and Hospital Assistant of
Corps.
Kilkerran
9th Bengal Cavalry
... Apothecary Robinson.
Narcissus
Ditto
... Assistant Apothecary Cardoz.
Arosboy
Ditto
... Medical Officer of Corps.
Citadel
Ditto
... Surgeon Adey and Passed Medical Pupil.
Seaforth
Ditto
... Surgeon Koyajee.
Previous to sailing, a careful medical inspection was made of each Transport, and
written sanitary instructions as under were communicated to the several officers placed in
medical charge.
" All Medical Officers and Medical Subordinates proceeding in charge of Troops with
Sanitary instructions issued to the Expeditionary Force, are requested, during the voyage,to
all officers in medical charge of see that the following sanitary arrangements are most carefully
transports.
attended to
—
" 1. They are to keep a constant watch over the ventilation, and see that the windsails
a r e r e g u l a r l y t r i m m e d , a n d b y g o i n g b e t w e e n d e c k s o c c a s i o n a l l y t o a s c e r t a i n t h a t t h e m e n
•do not tie them up at the bottom.
"2. They are to see that great attention is paid to the cleanliness of the water closets,
a n d n e c e s s a r y b o x e s , d o w n w h i c h b u c k e t s o f w a t e r a r e t o b e t h r o w n f r e q u e n t l y e a c h d a y t o
flush them: disinfectants should also be used.
"3. They are to ascertain that their vessel is provided with a supply of disinfectants,
and articles of fumigation.
"4. The frequent fumigation of the ship is deemed highly desirable, which may be
done by mixing the following ingredients:—
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Common salt
4 parts.
Oxide of manganese, in powder
1 part.
Sulphuric acid
1 part.
Water
2 parts.
" 5.
They should enforce the strictest personal cleanliness on the men, and impress on
them that frequent washing of every part of the body is an essential requisite to the preserva-
tion of health.
" 6. The sick should be separated from those in health as much as possible.
" 7.
On the first appearance of any acute infectious disorder in those troopships which
are under the charge of medical subordinates, they shall at once report the matter to the
Officer Commanding, with a view to his getting the commander of the vessel to signal to
one of the other vessels for superior medical aid."
That these instructions were scrupulously attended to was manifest from the fact of so
little sickness appearing amongst the troops during the voyage from Bombay to Malta.
Under the immediate direction of the Surgeon General, the following field equipments
were supplied to each Regiment of Cavalry, Infantry, 'and
Field equipments.
Nos. 3 and 5 Companies of Sappers and Miners :—
1 field medical companion, intended for emergencies on the line of march, in the field,
or elsewhere, to be carried or slung over the shoulder of an Assistant.
1 pair of field medical panthers, weight 80 lbs. each, intended. to be carried .by mulesor
ponies on service.
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