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CASE62979: Horary consultation concerning Mary Leech (PERSON32666)

Question asked by the patient on 19 October 1626 at 06:40

RN may {sic} leach of woulvrton o {sic} 30 y octob 19 ♃ h. 6. 40 ant m 1626 great wth child. cā have nothing to stay her bleeding.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘bleedeth at nose extremly’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 320r (bottom right part of page)

Mary Leech (PERSON32666)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

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

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

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CASE62316: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1626 at 16:00

RN Mres francis Blowfild {illeg} of flitwick 50|4|. y. may 10 ☿ hor 4. p m 1626.

she is clogged at her stomack ready to stop her wynd

her flux downward somwhat stayd yet voydeth mutch thick blood at her nose in clotters

she Desyreth some of her old syrop yt she had in may Last

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 200v (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)Previous consultation(s)

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-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry;f2-querent-identified=Yes;f3-practitioner-is-querent=No;f4-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f5-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20224;f6-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3ANose, accessed 23 September 2024.

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