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Case 50379

October 22, 2018November 22, 2018

John Coleman of Little Brickhill. Tuesday 14 March 1620, 10 am. Has not slept for 5 or 6 days. Crazed in his brain. Troubled with melancholy.
[In chart] Frantic.
[Treatment including bleeding from the head vein.]
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