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CASE31459: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Partin (PERSON24819)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1607 at 11:15

W Annis Parten y. 24 her mayd at the same tyme: Shee complayneth of her head, back, & limes wth much payne in them all⸫

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 190r (bottom right part of page)

Agnes [Anne] Partin (PERSON24819)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (Pain )

Practitioner: Mr Willoughby (PERSON21200) Treatment Outcome(s)

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CASE15666: Horary consultation concerning Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Question asked by the patient on 1 October 1603 at 13:45

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ♄ ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 142v (bottom left part of page)

Joan Fisher (PERSON11784)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (Pain )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Stomach)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APain;f2-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff%3A%3AServants%3A%3AMaid;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 15 March 2025.

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