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CASE29355: Horary consultation concerning Dr John Smith [Young Mr John Smith] (PERSON20800)

Question asked by the patient on 29 June 1605 at 17:45

RN Mr Iohn Smith of Great brickhill sent me a letter Iune 29. ♃|♄| ♄ 5. 45 p m 1605. /itch more, hed gydye\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 140r (upper right part of page)

Dr John Smith [Young Mr John Smith] (PERSON20800)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch )

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE55490: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Powell (PERSON57007)

Question asked by the patient on 11 January 1623 at 08:20

RN Mr Powell of London sent to Mr Cooke to have some thing to thicken his seed troubled wth the gonorrea lyeth on his bed back els cānot sleepe is to may {sic} shortly wanteth virility & erection sweateth at night. Ian. 11 h. 8. 20 ant m 16231

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘gonorh & itch’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 154v (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Powell (PERSON57007)

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

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Gonorrhoea)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (ImpotenceItch )

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-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AItch, accessed 16 November 2024.

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