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CASE12995: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Burchmore (PERSON10185)

Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1600 at 12:00

RN Mres Burchmore of Tottell end 33 yeres Ian. 14 die ☾ h. 12. habet albos et rubeos successive stomack hed backe. weake of a yellowe coloure. a candell wth cymamon {sic} stayeth her whitꝭ when nothing els will troubled with the iaundish & of a yellowish colour.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255r (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Margaret Burchmore (PERSON10185)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachBack)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)

Medical >Illnesses (named)>Jaundice (Jaundice)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment

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CASE13026: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1600 at 09:30

RN Dorothy Dēnet 19 y. of husband Crawly had nevr her flowers was wonderfully peaned her head & stomacke & nowe in the bottome of her belly ever sinc the phisick I gave her god be praysed for it. came agayne for more physick Ian. 30 die ☿ h. 9. 30. ant m. 1600 with a greeping maketh her very sick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 261r (upper right part of page)

Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (No courses)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachBelly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)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?f1-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1600%3A%3A01;f2-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems, accessed 22 January 2025.

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