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Joan Fisher (PERSON30429)

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Occupation: ‘Medical practitioner’, c. 9 September 1616

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?f7-social-network-recorded=No;f9-identified-entity-is-asking-about=Self;f12-identified-entity-was-never=Patient;f23-identified-entity-practice=Napier;f24-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f26-identified-entity-role=Only%20mentioned%3A%3AOnce;f27-entity-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ANot%20specified%20in%20question;f28-residence-mentioned=No;f29-identified-entity-role=Third%20party, accessed 14 May 2025.

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