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CASE38129: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Beecher (PERSON27934)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1611 at 15:28

RN Mr Edw Beecher of Weston. may 13. ☾ h. 3. 28 a|p| m 1611. melanch. left syde breaketh out

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 98r (bottom right part of page)

Mr Edward Beecher (PERSON27934)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE38577: Horary consultation concerning Second Baron Dormer [Young Lord Dormer] [Mr Robert Dormer [the younger]] (PERSON29887)

Question asked by the patient on 23 August 1611 between 13:30 and 14:25

RN Mr Robart Dormer ye younger. melancholy hed gydye a rawe stomacke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 150v (bottom left part of page)

Second Baron Dormer [Young Lord Dormer] [Mr Robert Dormer [the younger]] (PERSON29887)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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?f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f22-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1611;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 16 February 2025.

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