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CASE59499: Horary consultation concerning William Gibson (PERSON49789)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1624 at 12:00

RN Will. Gibson for his neck & face Decēb 6 ☾. h. 12. 1624 /head face neck swelled & red impost feared\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 120v (upper right part of page)

William Gibson (PERSON49789)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Throat and mouth FaceHead)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)

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

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CASE53342: Decumbiture for John Michell (PERSON20313)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1621 at 13:30

RN 1 first in his neck 2 on his syde tormented him & drew his mouth asyde & tooke away his sences & memory l|&| did shake h{im} novēb. 10 ♄ hor 3 p m 162i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 137v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

John Michell (PERSON20313)

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

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lost sensesMemory loss)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-deleted=No;f10-time-of-day=PM;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AThroat%20and%20mouth;f2-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f3-judgment=No;f5-date=1620-1629;f6-practitioner-is-querent=No;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f8-patient-sex=Male;f9-info=Astrological%20chart%3A%3APresent, accessed 5 August 2024.

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