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CASE50339: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Goodwine (PERSON31049)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:40

RW Mris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: wch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Goodwine (PERSON31049)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Troubled)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Treatment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart 

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CASE50338: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Griffen (PERSON31149)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 16:00

RW Mr George Griffin. y. 35. d. ♂ h: 4. ant: m {sic}. Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a quartane 9 weekꝭ: hath a stitch in his sides vrina vrina ruffa scoureth euerie night

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (bottom left part of page)

Mr George Griffen (PERSON31149)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Scouring)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart 

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CASE50359: Horary consultation concerning Edmond [Edward] Radwell (PERSON34566)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1620 at 09:50

RW Edward Rodwell of Kempson. y. 34. d. ♄ h: 9. 4|5|0 ant: m. Martij 11. 1620. An ague quotidian now: had a 4ten before vseth to bleed at nose often & moch

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140v (upper left part of page)

Edmond [Edward] Radwell (PERSON34566)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

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

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart 

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CASE68240: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Lowle (PERSON53922)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1629 at 17:00

Elisabeth Lowle of Boddington 34. y. Apr. 21. h. 5. p. m. 1629

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[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Strangullion’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 152v (bottom left part of page)

Elizabeth Lowle (PERSON53922)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (Bloody urine)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Strangury)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Treatment Astrological Chart 

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CASE68337: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Balle (PERSON43325)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1629 at 12:24

Tho: Ball of Stony stratford 35. y. May. 1. ♀. h. 12. 30|24|. p. m. 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘RN morbus regius’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 171r (upper left, and middle centre parts of page)

Thomas Balle (PERSON43325)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Jaundice (Jaundice)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) 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-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry;sort=sort-date;f2-practitioner=Other;f3-date=1620-1629;f4-damaged=No;f5-has-astro-chart=Yes;f6-patient-age-band=030-039;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 20 May 2024.

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