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CASE79722: Horary consultation concerning Anne Higgens (PERSON51444)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1640 no earlier than 11:00

SRN An Higgins of Horlow 32 y the greene Sicknes

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 177, f. 51r (bottom right part of page)

Anne Higgens (PERSON51444)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Green sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment  Payment

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CASE79224: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Jones (PERSON52675)

Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1635 at 14:00

SRN Elizabeth Iones. 22. y. servant to mrs Katharen Tyringhā. Ian. 14 ☿ h. 2. p. m. 1634.

Troubled with ye greene sicknes Looks pale, faynt, & troubled with a panting at her heart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 172r (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Jones (PERSON52675)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Green sickness )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pale)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Trembling of the heart)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) 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-treatment=Yes;f2-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f3-practitioner-is-querent=No;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AGreen%20sickness;f5-astrologer=Other, accessed 11 May 2024.

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