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CASE37317: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37439)

Question asked by the patient on 21 October 1614 at 12:25

RN On of Deane mightely troubled in the back wth the stone 45 y octob 21 ♀ h. 12. 25 p m 1614

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 110v (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37439)

Medical >Illnesses (named)>Stone and strangury (Stone)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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CASE44752: Horary consultation concerning Francis Chaplin (PERSON28835)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38205) on 23 April 1617 at 08:30

RN francis Chaplin of Hardmead 5 y. Ap. 23. ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m 1617 |hed & belly \hed back chest/ cā take no rest hath a cough|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 134r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38205)Francis Chaplin (PERSON28835)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back ChestBelly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

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

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?f36-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack;f38-patient-sex=Unknown, accessed 31 March 2025.

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