| Description Of Item | On the flyleaf he signs himself Assistant Surgeon 27th Enniskillen Regiment. The volume includes: on pages 1-26 an account of a case of tetanus at the 27th Regiment's Hospital, 1828, annual report on the diseases treated in the District Hospital, Grenada 1827 and quarterly reports of the diseases treated in the 27th Regiment Hospital, St Vincent's, 1828; pages 29-60 descriptions of insects and crustaceans by genus; page 61-62 an account of a case of St Vincent's Fever, 1829; pages 63-83 fossils; pages 64-104 birds; page 106 list of casualties of the medical department during Poole's time in the West Indies; page 109 quarterly report on diseases treated in the Detachment Hospital, St Ann's Barbadoes [Barbados], 1829; pages 110-114 description of treatments; and pages 116-end of text (two thirds through the volume) case histories of patients treated by Poole in Templemore, Waterford and Montreal some with post mortem reports. Loose sheet on the annual report on the diseases treated in the 32nd Regiment Hospital, Montreal, Canada 1835 at page 164 and botanical specimen at page 103. Index at rear. |