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CASE69440: Horary consultation concerning Martha [Matthew] Houghton (PERSON51947)

Question asked by the patient on 22 September 1629 at 12:00

RN Mathew Houghton for of Newp blynd kings evill sept 22 ♂ h. 12. 1629

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Martha [Matthew] Houghton (PERSON51947)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eye troubles  (Sightlessness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula)

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

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CASE63616: Nativity for John Messingham (PERSON54652)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1627 between 07:45 and 08:25

RN Iohn Messinghā natus the thursday before shrovetyde h 10 ant m |Ap 13| ten yeres full

Is lame & blynd./

8. feb ♃ h. 10. 1616.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Lame & blynd a black cataract’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 58v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

John Messingham (PERSON54652)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eye troubles  (Sightlessness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Cataract)

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?f1-date=1620-1629;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEye%20troubles;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 8 February 2025.

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