Abstract
I trace my finger down the ledger of fading and elegantly handwritten names. Alongside each a terse entry, 'canister shot, part of elbow bone removed' or 'leg amputated at thigh'. At the end of the list a statement in which the surgeon briefly states his results: of 102 injured, five died on board, one more when the ship returned to Gibraltar and 'all the others got well on board'.
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