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CASE60815: Decumbiture for Richard Malins (PERSON54081)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1625 at 07:00

RN It tooke him first Iuly 11 ☾ at night h. 8. p m 1625.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘begā to be blasted in his face swelled red & itcheth’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 146v (bottom left part of page)

Richard Malins (PERSON54081)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch )

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

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CASE17477: Horary consultation concerning Alice Howse (PERSON12996)

Question asked by the patient on 8 July 1602 at 16:00

RN Alce Howes his wife 44 y at the same tyme for a great swelling & itching heate & pimpels in her face. Iuly 8 ♃ hor 4. p m 1602.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

Alice Howse (PERSON12996)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

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

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

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=Unclear;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AFace;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AItch, accessed 19 March 2025.

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