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CASE44742: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Austin (PERSON27565)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1617 at 13:40

RN Mres Austyn the mynisters wife of Grafton 54 y Ap. \2i/ ☾ h 1. 3{illeg} 40 p m. 1617 a very fat corrp womā. a rising in her chest. a great while

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 133r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Austin (PERSON27565)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

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

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CASE44460: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Hobs (PERSON23783)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1617 at 15:15

RN Goody Hobs her mother of Gothurst 56|4| y march 16 ☉ h. 3. 15 p m 1617. hed ill & chest but mightely troubled wth ye whites

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 87v (bottom left part of page)

Goody Elizabeth Hobs (PERSON23783)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

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

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-querent-age-band=050-059%3A%3A54;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest;f4-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2026, accessed 20 March 2025.

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