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CASE22455: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Evershew (PERSON48663)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1630 at 13:20

Ellen Eursole of Bucks 14. y. Iuly. 17. ♄ h. 1. 20. p. m. 1630

a bu great burninge vtrū morbꝯ sit Mortal.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 238, f. 64v (upper right part of page)

Ellen Evershew (PERSON48663)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning)

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997)

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CASE78934: Horary consultation concerning Brown (PERSON45035)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1634 at 19:00

TG Thomas Brownes wife of Rance {illeg}|3|2 y. March 25 ♂ h. 7 p M. 1634 hath a heate & swelling which first begann in her face & now runneth from one member into anothersuspecteth wichcraft. hath beene troubled this 12 moneth.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 111v (middle right part of page)

Brown (PERSON45035)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Hot)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Face)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ArmsLegs)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Judgment

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?expand=hands;f1-practitioner=Other;f2-querent-sex=Female;f3-damaged=No;f4-date=1630-1639;f5-patient-sex=Female;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABurning%20and%20inflamed;f7-time-of-day=PM, accessed 22 June 2024.

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