Note 6 — Chapter LIII · RUSSIANS AFLOAT.

The form to be filled up for a patient was something to this effect:—Name of patient, To what duty assigned, Number of his ship at Cronstadt, Age, How long in service, From what province, How often in hospital before, How often ill on board before, Name of disease, When taken ill, When cured or died, How many days ill; and beneath this was a form for showing diagnosis of the disease, heat of body, internal and external treatment, and food. A monthly report also had to be forwarded by the medical officer to Petersburg.