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CASE11277: Horary consultation concerning Jane Whitmell (PERSON17114)

Question asked by Dorothy Whitmell [Wicknell] (PERSON17112) on 13 September 1600 at 10:25

RN Iane Witmell of 7 y for a burning ague./ & a hard bellye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Dorothy Whitmell [Wicknell] (PERSON17112)Jane Whitmell (PERSON17114)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling  (Hardness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE45635: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON38300)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1617 at 10:20

RN A poer boy of Northāpton sheere after an ague had a great big hard belly like an ague cake for a yers space growen to a tympany octob 21. ♂ h. 10. 20 ant m 1617

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 97r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38300)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague Tympany)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling  (HardnessSwelling)

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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABelly;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AAgue;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling, accessed 8 November 2024.

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