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CASE50428: Decumbiture for Thomas Holman (PERSON31787)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38803) between 23 March 1620 at 19:30 and 25 March 1620 at 07:20

RN Thomas Homemā \of Stonystratford \Newport// 10 weekes old next Monday betwixt 5 & 6 in ye morning borne & fell sick on monday last at mydnight or before g{naw}ed & hath strong fits of convulsion & sweateth mutch, face hands & full of sweat orderly to stoole

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 149v (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38803)Thomas Holman (PERSON31787)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)

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

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

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-sex=Unknown;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AFace, accessed 22 February 2025.

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