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CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)

John Johnson (PERSON52585)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Stomach)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE11885: Horary consultation concerning John Burman (PERSON10206)

Question asked by the patient on 19 December 1598 at 12:00

RN Iohn Burman of Olny shephard lame in right leg & thigh this 3 weekes first in his back & then did shoote in his lims 37 maried this 17. yeres. Decēb 19 die ♂ h. 12. maried to a widowe had an ach in the other leg first many yers

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Iohn Burman shephard of Olny lame & went wth crutches

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, ff. 68v-69r (f. 68v bottom right, and f. 69r upper left)

John Burman (PERSON10206)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3ARural%20occupations%3A%3AAgriculture%2Fanimal%20husbandry%3A%3AShepherd;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 14 November 2024.

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