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Case 56931

June 12, 2018November 22, 2018

Joyce Smyth of Stratford, 19 years. Thursday 21 August 1623, 11.00 am.
[In chart] Green sickness.
Has her terms well every three weeks. Grief taken for one that she affected. Is very weak.
[Treatment information.]
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