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CASE63722: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Harding (PERSON50843)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1627 at 12:25

RN Mres Elis: Harding of Aspley 17 y Ap 21. h {sic} hor. 12. 25. p m 1627 /blood setled in her face. nose & red eys\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 73r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Harding (PERSON50843)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eye troubles (Red eyes)

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

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CASE63230: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 ♃ h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

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

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CASE63232: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Becket (PERSON43903)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Mary Becket of Bedford 19 y. febr 15 ♃ h 2. p {sic} 1627 grene sicknes heavy in her head1

Notes:

1 ‘grene sicknes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Mary Becket (PERSON43903)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)

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

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

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CASE64108: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Allen (PERSON42582)

Question asked by the patient on 20 June 1627 at 09:50

RN Th. Allen of Lathbury 16 y Iune 20 ☿. h. 9. 50 ant m. 1627 |head payned.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 129v (bottom right part of page)

Thomas Allen (PERSON42582)

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

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

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

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CASE64626: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Mariot (PERSON54259)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1627 at 12:30

RN mres may {sic} had her first fits Se{p}t {sic} \Sept/ 11. ♂ h. 8. 20 p m 1627 /will laugh in her fits\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘had 30 fits of the mother’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 220r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Mary Mariot (PERSON54259)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Laughing)

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

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CASE63385: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Longueville (PERSON53876)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1627 at 12:39

RN Mr Th. Longevill \of Brodwell 12 y/ march. 13. ♂ h. 12. 39 p m. 1627 /head & a cold rheme/\

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 19v (upper left part of page)

Mr Thomas Longueville (PERSON53876)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)

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?f1-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1627;f4-querent-age-band=010-019;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 3 March 2025.

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