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CASE47008: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Clark (PERSON22538)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1618 at 10:00

RN Mr Rich: Clarke of the Whitlewood forest. 56. y. Iuly. 4 h {sic}. hor 10. ant m 1618 |a quartyne sinc milkemas shortȳded {sic} taketh away his sences & eysight when the fit cōmeth belly chest.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 167v (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Clark (PERSON22538)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems  (Short winded)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eye troubles (Eyesight)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellyChest )

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

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CASE79167: Horary consultation concerning Anne Barrage (PERSON43625)

Question asked by the patient on 27 September 1634 at 10:00

TG Ann{illeg}|e| Barrage of stonystreetford 28. y. 7br. 27 h. 10. A m. 1634. stuffed & pained in her chest, sides, & backe, is worse by fits, paroxysmꝯ hysterici.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 156v (upper left part of page)

Anne Barrage (PERSON43625)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems  (Stuffed)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest Side(s)BackWomb, matrix, mother)

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

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) 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?f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ARespiratory%20problems;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions, accessed 19 March 2025.

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