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CASE51481: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Beamond (PERSON43844)

Question asked by the patient on 31 August 1620 at 11:00

RN Mr Beamont by my lord St Iohn Aug 31 h. 11. ant m 1620. |Hypocondr passio|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 162v (bottom right part of page)

Mr Henry Beamond (PERSON43844)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Hypochondriac passion )

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

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CASE44105: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Barker (PERSON27733)

Question asked by the patient on 21 November 1616 at 10:00

RN mres Barker of Bowbrickhell 5|4|0 y novēb 21. {illeg}|♃| h. 10 ant m 16i6 mutch troubled wthan arising up in her stomake breaking mutch wynd wth it like to ye passio hypōdriaca & mother. & eateth litle

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 27r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Barker (PERSON27733)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachWomb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Hypochondriac passion )

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?f32-treatment=Yes;f33-querent-age-band=040-049;f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AHypochondriac%20passion, accessed 1 April 2025.

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