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out the night which was a pleasant one.
September 29th: -
Cool again with a severe breeze blowing which had by night worked up a choppy sea. Again we experienced the antics of this ship, for she slid & rolled with great gusto, upsetting some of our boys again. I was fortunately splendid & went through the night without anything of note occurring.
September 30th: -
A fateful day for us orderlies. Almost directly after dinner 50% of our chaps complained of pains in stomach and by 5 pm some of the cases were serious enough to warrant medical attention.
I was fortunately OK at tea-time and paraded for duty at 9 pm, as usual. By 2 am however, Louis was also smitten and I passed very miserable hours until 7 am when I took worse. Capt [Rennick?] attended me and I partook of luscious castor oil & [handy?]. I had a gay morn & a still gayer afternoon, though, I am sorry to say that the condition of others, worse than I, occasioned some alarm to the O.C. who personally attended them.
Off duty to-night, though I slept poorly.
1st October: -
Cool again & I, still very far from well.
A patient who had died during the night from general weakness following dysentery was buried at