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CASE15491: Horary consultation concerning John Fisher (PERSON11754)

Question asked by the patient on 27 August 1603 at 14:35

RN Iohn fisher of Havershā 27 a servant August 27 h {sic} hor 2. 35. p m 1603. for a great byle & rūning sore in his necke yt swelleth every yere.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 123r (upper right part of page)

John Fisher (PERSON11754)

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

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

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

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

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CASE73919: Horary consultation concerning Richard Wright (PERSON37100)

Question asked by the patient between 1 March 1632 at 17:00 and 2 March 1632 at 08:15

RN Rich: Write of Stoake golding 20 y f {sic} March a swelling vnder his chyn & neck & a swelling wth 2 rūing holes

hath bene twice wth the king & fyndeth litle remedy.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 477 (middle left part of page)

Richard Wright (PERSON37100)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Rheumy (Running)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses%3A%3ASores;f5-querent-age-band=020-029, accessed 15 March 2025.

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