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CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die ♄ hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was blasted in a garden.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Fingers Feet)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Fairy pinched)

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

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CASE21603: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark [the mother] (PERSON10602)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1604 at 14:00

RN Elis Clarke the mothr 50|i| y Octob 17 ☿ h 2. p m 1604. aches betwixt her shoulders & back & into her fingers end.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

Elizabeth Clark [the mother] (PERSON10602)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

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

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

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;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AFingers, accessed 2 December 2024.

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