AUSTEN, -

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- AUSTEN

Biography


Name	AUSTEN
Gender	Female
Marital status	Widowed 1594 (Widow 1594)
Period of medical practice	1584-1604
Other notes	Trouble 1594 (Widow).

Censorial hearings


	7 June 1594
Entry	Mrs Bate of Radrief complained that 'the old widow Austen' had undertaken to cure her husband, Edward Bate, for 20s. He died, but A took certain domestic utensils in lieu.
Initiator of the complaint	spouse of the patient
Attitude of the accused	absent
Action taken	See below.
Number of crimes	1
	5 July 1594
Entry	A appeared and admitted that she had practised in London for many years and had given internal purgation potions, especially carecostin and laureola, to more than 100 men.
Action taken	Fined 40s. and forbidden to practise on pain of prison.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Fined 40s. and forbidden to practise

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