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Medical complaint?
« on: Monday 25 December 17 17:51 GMT (UK) »
Seaman's Hospital Admissions -  I can't decipher the nature of complaint for the entry that I've drawn brackets around - any help is much appreciated

Offline Mike in Cumbria

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 December 17 17:56 GMT (UK) »
Gonorrhoea!

A relative of yours?

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 December 17 17:56 GMT (UK) »
Gonorrhoea  :o

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 25 December 17 17:58 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Mike in Cumbria on Monday 25 December 17 17:56 GMT (UK)
Gonorrhoea!

A relative of yours?

Thank you!

Haha, that's my third great grandfather!

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 25 December 17 18:01 GMT (UK) »
And the other condition is carious joints after syphilis  - same man or one of his shipmates perhaps?

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 25 December 17 18:02 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Mike in Cumbria on Monday 25 December 17 18:01 GMT (UK)
And the other condition is carious joints after syphilis  - same man or one of his shipmates perhaps?

It's a different man 😁

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 25 December 17 18:07 GMT (UK) »
As Admiral Nelson famously said,  "Beyond Gibraltar, every man is a bachelor".

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 26 December 17 09:18 GMT (UK) »
Deserves a clap Mike!  ;D

Skoosh.

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Re: Medical complaint?
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 26 December 17 11:25 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Skoosh on Tuesday 26 December 17 09:18 GMT (UK)
Deserves a clap Mike!  ;D

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That would be a little rash.
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