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CASE50418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Mead (PERSON33171)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1620 at 11:30

RN Ione Mead of Stukely 52 y march 22 ☿ h. 11. 30 ant m 1620

swelled very big in her belly & very hard a whole yere. her legs begyn to swell is very weake & faynt

a Tympany

An aguish water

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 147v (upper right part of page)

Joan Mead (PERSON33171)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Tympany)

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

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CASE51919: Horary consultation concerning Martha Bynion (PERSON28641)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1621 at 09:40

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. ☾ h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 32v (upper right part of page)

Martha Bynion (PERSON28641)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BackBelly )

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) 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=volume-name;f1-querent-sex=Female;f10-recipe=No;f11-querent-identified=Yes;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABelly;f2-patient-sex=Female;f3-date=1620-1629;f4-practitioner-is-patient=No;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling;f8-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f9-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer, accessed 8 July 2024.

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