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CASE60084: Horary consultation concerning Goody Phybbyns (PERSON56698)

Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1625 at 11:00

RN Goody Phybbyns of HyempFeryes 33 y March 30 ☿ h 11 ant m 1625

is very neere her tyme of travell

the morow after Candlemas wth a nūnes over all \on of her/ her {sic} sydes all over1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a nūbnes over on of her sydes.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 39v (upper right part of page)

Goody Phybbyns (PERSON56698)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE10177: Horary consultation concerning Henry Warr (PERSON16814)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1600 at 10:30

RN Henry Warre of Meadsmarten 50 y. march. 17 die ☾ h. 10. 30. ant m 1600 troubled wth a lifting vp of his s left syde & so rūneth vp to his shoulder ready to stop his breath & benūmeth the place affected as if it wer a sleepe began on satterdy last.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 15v (upper left part of page)

Henry Warr (PERSON16814)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s))

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15

RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die ☾. h. 10. 15. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Head (passions)Heaviness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE25924: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1603 at 09:45

RN Soror mea Sandy londinensis quærit causā of her back & hed ach & bēnūmes of her face hands wch seeme deede Apr {sic} April 19. ♂ hor. 9. 45. ant m. 1603

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 174, p. 296 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE12463: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1599 at 11:30

RN Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die ☿. h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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?expand=shelfmark;f1-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f2-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f3-recipe=No;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ANumbness;f6-time-of-day=AM;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 7 July 2024.

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