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CASE50311: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Phoebe Longueville (PERSON32784)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38790) on 23 February 1620 at 08:15

RW Mris Phębe Longeuill of woulurton y. 8. d. ☿. h: 8. 15. ant: m: Feb: 23. 1620. payned in her backe & head cannot {illeg}|c|oughe: much payned in her sides: is very costiue. eateth & drinketh very little.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38790)Mrs Phoebe Longueville (PERSON32784)

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Problems with appetite)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE60730: Horary consultation concerning Hugh Boswell (PERSON44502)

Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1625 at 09:20

RN Hugh Baswell of Olnye 27. y Iune 30 ♃ h. 9. 20 ant m 1625. |back chest & should.| cā eate litle a very bad stomack

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 133r (bottom right part of page)

Hugh Boswell (PERSON44502)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back ChestStomach)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Everywhere)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Problems with appetite)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f1-date=1620-1629;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEating%20and%20drinking%20problems;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 16 March 2025.

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