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CASE46553: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ellis (PERSON30164)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 10:20

RN Thomas Ellys of Hanslop 12 y a fortnight before candlemas last may 5 ♂ h. 10. 20 ant m. 1618 sick of ye ague satt was senet now & kept his bed most t of ye weeke. hed was ill. & belly. & last night the purples came out.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper left part of page)

Thomas Ellis (PERSON30164)

Medical >Illness (general)  (SicknessBedridden Illness)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (AguePurples)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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CASE49617: Horary consultation concerning Joan Barwell (PERSON27830)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1619 at 11:25

RN Ione Barwell of Wilsomsteede 40 y sept 6. ☾ h. 11. 25 ant m 16i9 it tooke her yest was a fortnight in the morning very sick & keepeth her bed & apt to swound a thing rising in her stomacke like an Impostume

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Joan Barwell (PERSON27830)

Medical >Illness (general)  (SicknessBedridden )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)

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

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?f17-date=1610-1619;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ABedridden;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 16 January 2025.

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