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CASE78557: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Norwood (PERSON55682)

Question asked by the patient on 2 November 1633 at 12:00

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Richard Napier Mres Doro {sic} Dorothie was baptized 7 of Iuly 1613 19 y old sent novēb 2 h {sic} hor 12 1633 /a maryed womā 3 y. neaver had child. her husb: hath a dropsy she looketh well & hath a good coulor.\

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Mr Thomas Norwoods Daughter in law of wythybrooke octob. 31 hath taken a course of physick vnder an Apothecary in Coventry alnost {sic} a yere & is no way mended but weaker

her stomack almost quite gone & wanteth sleepe

hath often vomyted blood but more of late & cōmonly after meate hath a stupidity & lightnes of head her stomack always payned wth an Inward soarenes wch payne doth now descend vnto the back, hyps, thighs, & legs wth an extraordinary swelling. begyning \taking his begȳing/ at the chest

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 412, f. 22v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE78557’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE78557, accessed 19 May 2025.