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CASE43609: Horary consultation concerning Young Mrs Elizabeth Hilsdon (PERSON12776)

Question asked by Mr Hilsdon (PERSON12770) on 6 July 1616 at 10:50

RN mres Hilsdon of litl Amptill litle parke. 40 y Iuly 6. h {sic} hor. 10. 50 ant m. 16i6 It tooke her on thursd is troubled wth many fits as they suppose of ye mother yet when she is quiet hath no fect senc yet is quiet & patient. & {sic}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 128r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr Hilsdon (PERSON12770)Young Mrs Elizabeth Hilsdon (PERSON12776)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-sex=Female;f2-querent-age-band=050-059;f3-language=English;f4-patient-consent=Explicitly%20not%20given;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits, accessed 14 May 2024.

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