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CASE12493: Horary consultation concerning Avis Holman (PERSON12880)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1599 at 10:15

RN Avis homan of 60 yeres many times kepeth her bed but nowe walketh & is often swelled & holdeth her as an ague. at the same time. her water red & thickish

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 168v (bottom right part of page)

Avis Holman (PERSON12880) 

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

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

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-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry;f10-question-asked=Medical;f11-participant=Avis%20Holman%20%28PERSON12880%29;f3-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f5-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AAgue;f8-language=English;f9-judgment=Yes, accessed 4 July 2024.

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