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CASE74877: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON46261)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1632 at 13:50

RN Elis Clarke of St Peters in St Albons 38 y Iune 15 ♀ h. 1. 50 p m 1632

swollen about her chest. & left syde /vtrū gravida\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 238 (bottom left part of page)

Elizabeth Clark (PERSON46261)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest Side(s))

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

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

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CASE50322: Horary consultation concerning John Peckaver (PERSON34160)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 10:40

RW Iohn Peckauer of Brackley. y. 38. d. ♄ h: 10. {illeg}|4|0. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620.

swelleth in her face chest & legs for a moneth. sicke euer since Christmasse

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (middle left part of page)

John Peckaver (PERSON34160)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) 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-patient-age-band=030-039%3A%3A38;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest, accessed 10 April 2025.

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