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CASE56211: Decumbiture for William Gulliver (PERSON50503)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1623 at 09:00

RN It began to take him about seaven in his thūbe & begā to swell m{illeg} more yt now it is mut{ch} swelled all the hand over yt he cā doe {no}thing May {sic} 15 h {sic} hor {7} ant m 1623 |It would seme halfe an houre after 6|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

William Gulliver (PERSON50503)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart 

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-practice=Napier;f2-querent-identified=Yes;f3-damaged=No;f4-has-astro-chart=Yes;f5-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f6-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20218;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f8-querent=William%20Gulliver%20%28PERSON50503%29, accessed 6 July 2024.

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