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CASE12307: Horary consultation concerning Alice Coursey (PERSON10958)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 11:30

RN Alce Course of Emmerton 25. y. sick & cōplayneth of her hed. & chest & so into her leg. seldome hath her courses. hed & leg {mes} 2{5} of Ap. die ☿ h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138v (upper right part of page)

Alice Coursey (PERSON10958)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest)

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

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

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

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CASE10829: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1600 between 09:00 and 11:20

RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. yt wch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers watr to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 106v (bottom left part of page)

Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s))

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

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?f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems%3A%3AMenstruation;f41-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 16 April 2025.

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