loblolly boy
loblolly man

And give the loblolly boy a hand with the chests.'

Behind him, Redding, the loblolly boy who had served her tea, looked in on them.

The loblolly boy also often managed stocks of herbs, medicines and medical supplies.

The third day after the above incident Nelson was no more, and the poor 'loblolly boy' left the service minus two fingers.

The loblolly boy was hauling a man up onto two lockers covered with bloody canvas.

A loblolly boy on a warship was a non-professional assistant to the ship's surgeon.

Loblolly boy's all in a mother, sir.

Loblolly boy, an assistant to a ship's surgeon

Michael Quinion's etymology of "loblolly boy"

The loblolly boys brought in the hip bath one day and carried hot water from the galley that Jenny poured over Beth.

The answer was, 'Loblolly boy's set fire to an empty bottle, and it has set fire to the doctor's shop!'

Mrs. Poll Skeeping - loblolly boy on the Surprise

Padeen Coleman - Stephen's servant and loblolly boy

He would make daily rounds of men already in the sick bay, while the loblolly boy would feed, wash and shave bedridden patients.

Also in 2005, he played the part of loblolly boy in the TV drama Trafalgar Surgeon.

Padeen (Patrick Colman) is Maturin's longtime servant and loblolly boy.

Jack was 'loblolly boy' on board the 'Victory,' and one of the group that surrounded the dying Hero of Trafalgar.

"Ah, the Bay," said Cotton, tossing the detached foot into a bucket held by his loblolly boy, "that dismal tract.

Stephen Maturin's loblolly boy, Padeen, features in several of O'Brian's books.

The surgeon and his mates were assisted by boys, who were called loblolly boys, named after the gruel commonly served in the sick bay.

I must go,' he said, getting up at the sound of the bell, the still-feeble bell, that his new loblolly boy rang to signify that the

Unfortunately the only crewmember able to produce a note on the bugle was a "dull-witted" 'loblolly boy' (surgeon's assistant) called William Brown.

He must be put to lie out of reach of their malignance, and if he recovers he shall be my loblolly boy, an isolated employment.

In coming decades, the title of the enlisted medical assistant would change several times-from Loblolly Boy, to Nurse (1861), and finally to Bayman (1876).

Padeen Colman, Loblolly Boy - John DeSantis

He has a couple of loblolly men and three seamen to help him, and that's enough."

Well, Bowen will have started his grisly work: he and his loblolly man will have all the help they need sent down to them by Southwick.

"Mr Bowen," Ramage said sarcastically, "in planning this expedition I considered whether I would need coopers, caulkers, carpenters, cooks, topmen, fo'c'slemen or loblolly men.

Ramage nodded, already experiencing the familiar nausea that always made him feel faint at the sight of all the medical instruments laid out on another piece of canvas stretched on the deck, with a loblolly man kneeling beside it, ready to pass in a moment whatever Bowen called for.