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CASE15967: Horary consultation concerning Margery Simpson (PERSON15831)

Question asked by the patient on 14 December 1603 at 14:15

GJ Margery Sympson of Lowton 27 y Decemb. 14 ☿ ho. 2. 15 p m 1603. An ague a great payne in her head, takes nothing but drinke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 170v (bottom left part of page)

Margery Simpson (PERSON15831)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment

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CASE23593: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Huggins (PERSON13011)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1614 at 11:45

GJ Thomas Huggins of Stoake golding 44 y. Iune 20 ☾ ho. 11. 45 a. m 1614 Hath had an ague ever since Easter Now hath a great cough and stitche cannot reare the flegme.

Stitche on his left syde.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 33r (upper right part of page)

Thomas Huggins (PERSON13011)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (CoughRespiratory phlegm)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) 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?f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AAgue;f27-hands=Mr%20Gerence%20James%20%5BMarks%5D, accessed 20 March 2025.

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