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CASE43193: Horary consultation concerning Alice Wyn [Smith] (PERSON37137)

Question asked by the patient on 15 April 1616 at 11:40

RN Alce Smyth his daughter 19 y

Alce wyn his eldest daughter doth swond 16|9| y Ap 15 ☾ h. 11. 40 ant m 16i6

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 59v (bottom left part of page)

Alice Wyn [Smith] (PERSON37137)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE49706: Horary consultation concerning Susan Nichols (PERSON33680)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1619 at 09:00

RN Iohn Nichols his wi{fe} cōpl of stitches round about high coloured casteth mutch sept 16 ♃ h. 9 ant m 16191

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘2 fig.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 7v (bottom right part of page)

Susan Nichols (PERSON33680)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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?f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f38-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded;f39-patient-age-band=010-019%3A%3A19, accessed 5 April 2025.

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