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CASE28890: Horary consultation concerning Sir George Blundell [Captain Blundell] (PERSON9813)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1605 at 17:20

RN The Capitayne maij 2. ♃ hor. 5. 20 p m 1605 for a dyet drinke. for his corpulency & swelling

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 77r (bottom left part of page)

Sir George Blundell [Captain Blundell] (PERSON9813)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE40789: Horary consultation concerning Goody Blea (PERSON28123)

Question asked by the patient on 16 January 1613 at 11:30

RN Goody Blea did send being in great misery wth her leg. to Have it lanced it all soft over. & swelleth more at night thē otherwise & is well by fits. Ian 16. ☾|♄| hor. 8. 25 ant m 1613

Iohn Byrd was sent for & he thought it to be a waterish & a wyndy {hu}mour wynd wth an ague better on day & worse another by fits & vncertenly

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 199, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

Goody Blea (PERSON28123)

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

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE23615: Horary consultation concerning Mr Alexander Jarman (PERSON23967)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1614 between 14:40 and 19:25

GJ Mr Alexander Iermin his swelling in his groyne Continueth

He Desyreth to have some cordialls and something to make him sleepe

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 237, f. 35r (upper left part of page)

Mr Alexander Jarman (PERSON23967)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Groin)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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CASE41790: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37921)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37922) on 1 May 1615 at 16:00

RW A Childe of Cranfeilde y: 1. d. ☾ h. 4. post merid. Ap may. 1. 1615. voyded iij wormes vpward & iij downeward: he belly swelled & {illeg} The Child was brought in prsence. was much altered wheras before it was of a sanguine complection: it was now very bleake & wan.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 196, f. 5v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37922)Anonymous (PERSON37921)

Medical >Treatment  (Treatment follow-up)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Pale)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE21552: Horary consultation concerning John Pearce (PERSON18741)

Question asked by Goodwife Joan Barnwell [Pearce] [Pearson] [Persival] [Wotten] (PERSON18986) on 9 October 1604 at 17:30

RN Iohn Perce of or towne Octob 9 ♂ hor 5. 30 p m 1604 his wife came for {s} {sic} ph{y}sicke.

[Astrological Chart]

Goody Perce for her husb. octob. 9. ♂ hor. 5. 30. p m 1604 for an ague swelled in his stomacke./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, ff. 156v-157r (f. 156v bottom right, and f. 157r upper left)

Goodwife Joan Barnwell [Pearce] [Pearson] [Persival] [Wotten] (PERSON18986)John Pearce (PERSON18741)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-practitioner-is-querent=No;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f3-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f4-extent-of-transcription=Whole%20entry;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment, accessed 27 June 2024.

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