manner under similar circumstances,
3rd Officer Hill complains that the man Nasson" smelt to
that extent that my
and all declined to
crew one
in the
Ship that he was an incurable from Hospital" and that he "covered from head to foot with secondary Syphilitic sores". I can
only state that Nasson occupied a bed in the general ward and
that there no complaint was made of "smell" by the other patients; that he was sent precisely because he was incurable in Hospital in this climate, as we are not in the
habit of sending away men we can cure; and lastly that the description of his condition is gross exaggeration - he not being covered from head to foot with sores but having a few scabs still remaining
which could scarcely be a source of discomfort and most certainly not dangerous to the crew - besides which there was a healthy
steward sent specially to attend to him - I should be glad to know however how far the refusal
of the crew to sail in the ship with the sick man was the result of Captain Hill having first proclaimed his determination not to take him -
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