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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=shelfmark;f1-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry;f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegsMedical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint%3A%3AFaintness;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f2-f10-practice=Napier;f3-f11-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f4-f12-deleted=No;f5-querent-age-band=050-059;f6-info=Urine;f7-language=English;f8-practitioner=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5BSandy%5D%20%5BRichard%20Napier%20%5BSenior%5D%5D%20%28PERSON5218%29;f9-querent=Susan%20White%20%28PERSON17086%29, accessed 10 July 2024.

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