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September 30, 2010

Seven-foot worms in the stomach, tarantula bites and lightning strikes

The Daily Mail hosts images from the journals of Royal Navy surgeons between 1793 and 1880.

As well as daily 'sick lists' their meticulous handwritten notes and illustrations included in more than 1,000 newly-catalogued files held at the National Archives bring to life the experiences of travelling all over the world from Britain and Ireland.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 30, 2010 06:18 AM