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CASE15006: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18014) on 25 May 1603 at 13:30

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fittꝭ of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and leggꝭ

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ☿ ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18014)Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits)

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

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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CASE79832: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSONGRP161) and Mrs Alice Spark (PERSON59312)

Question asked by Mr William Spark (PERSON35596) on 12 December 1635 no earlier than 10:20

SRN Mr Sparke of blechley send me word they are all well agayne & to prūe his Daughter Alces fitt desires agayne my aduice for the drawing downe of these

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 153v (upper right part of page)

Mr William Spark (PERSON35596)Anonymous (PERSONGRP161)Mrs Alice Spark (PERSON59312)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits)

Medical  (Medical counsel)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment

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?sort=sort-date;f2-practitioner=Other;f4-patient-sex=Unknown;f5-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3AHorary;f6-judgment=No;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions, accessed 3 May 2024.

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