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CASE48891: Horary consultation concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1619 at 18:00

RN Sr Thomas myddleton came to my howse to take physick for his cough & stone Iune 1. ♂ h. may 31. ☾ h. 5|6|. p m 1619.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 27v (bottom left part of page)

Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)>Stone and strangury (Stone)

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

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CASE19559: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON10299)

Question asked by the patient on 7 July 1601 at 17:20 or at 18:30

RN At this tyme or |h|Oast of Luton came to my howse for his ankle swelled & his cough.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 141r (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON10299)

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

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

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

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?f16-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A18%3A00-18%3A59;f20-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ARespiratory%20problems, accessed 10 February 2025.

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