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CASE54273: Horary consultation concerning Joan Holtome (PERSON51778)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1622 at 15:00

RN Ione Holtome of Saldone 47. y. May 23. {illeg}|♃| h 3. p m. 1622

[Astrological Chart]

she was so swelled belly & legs as everyon thought that she would die & yet mended & cane {sic} heather to me

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 122v (upper left part of page)

Joan Holtome (PERSON51778)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

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

Medical >Treatment  (Treatment follow-up)

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

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CASE13491: Horary consultation concerning Joan Smith (PERSON15961)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1598 at 08:00

RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheathr it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe yt shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die ♄. h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166r (upper part of page)

Joan Smith (PERSON15961)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatmentWhether to be let blood)

Medical  (Medical counsel)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)

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

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

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CASE27272: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON21336)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1606 at 18:00

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise wth a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheathr good to let him blood.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 126v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON21336)

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bruises)

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

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

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

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood)

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

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CASE28943: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 06:25

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 ☿ h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheathr shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone yt she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

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

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CASE13004: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1600 at 08:45

RN Goodman Rive came to me to have some phisick he had bene troubled wth a laske this 9 weekes. have a dosen times in a day & asnutch {sic} at night ther cōmeth a slime & watr from him payned neck & shouldr Ian. this 17. die ♃ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 256v (upper left part of page)

Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(s)Outcome(s)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-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person%3A%3AQuerent%20visits%20practitioner;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment, accessed 16 March 2025.

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