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CASE28791: Horary consultation concerning Goody Catherine Gadbury (PERSON12011)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1605 at 10:50

RN vide Katheron Gadsbury of Brodwell 2 y sinc this next at Christmas was brought a bed & had sutche store of her sicknes yt faynted her & was leekely to dye wth them but yt I gave her & sent vnto her did helpe her god be thancked1

Apr 23. h. 10 50 ant m 1605 shee would have somewhat to drawe thē downe./

Notes:

1 ‘✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝’ in the right margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 62r (bottom right part of page)

Goody Catherine Gadbury (PERSON12011)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE10413: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Ellis (PERSON11542)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1600 at 14:20

RN Katheren Ellys of hanslop. 38 of {sic} Ap. 23 die ☿ h. 2. 20 p m. 1600.

a swelling in her leg

asketh wheather shee be not wth Child had not her sicknes since shrovemundaye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 49v (bottom left part of page)

Catherine Ellis (PERSON11542)

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

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

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (No courses)

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?f31-patient-age-band=030-039%3A%3A38;f32-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems, accessed 28 March 2025.

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