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CASE12394: Horary consultation concerning Joan Norman (PERSON14498)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1599 at 08:30

RN Ione Norman of 15 yeres old sick this weeke. keepeth her bed & nowe is vp. sent her water wch is very yellowe. & thicke cōplayneth most of her left brest & harte. may the 7. die ☾. h. 8. 30 ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 152v (upper right part of page)

Joan Norman (PERSON14498)

Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessBedridden)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BreastsHeart)

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

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CASE19778: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Allen (PERSON9100)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1601 at 08:00

RN An Allen of Willinge 15 y. August 12. ☿ hor 8 ant m 16011

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘cheste head & harte a sore leg’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 177v (upper right part of page)

Agnes [Anne] Allen (PERSON9100)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (ChestHeart)

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

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

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

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

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CASE11295: Horary consultation concerning Jane Newman (PERSON14399)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1600 at 15:00

RN Iane Nueman cosen to goody Barnewell. 15 y. sept. 18 die ♃ h. 3. p m. 1600 for a hard swelled belly ever sinc shee was borne

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 178r (bottom right part of page)

Jane Newman (PERSON14399)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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CASE10306: Horary consultation concerning Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Question asked by Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406) on 11 April 1600 at 08:50

RN Em Rodwell of Kempson 15 y. Ap 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50. ant m. 1600

pricked & vexed all over her bodye in her body left syde & thigh.

cannot turne her in her bede

Mary Chamberlin of Kempson 17. or 18 y. Apr 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50 ant m. troubled wth a swounding twce {sic} a weeke. head. chest.

seemeth to be in love

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35r (upper right part of page)

Em Radwell (PERSON15415)Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CASE12041: Horary consultation concerning Alice Richardson (PERSON15307)

Question asked by the patient on 9 March 1599 at 09:48

RN Alce Richardson of 15 yeres for a swelling vnder her throte & the side of her cheeke Martij 9 her nose very sore & her hed & stomack hot. Martij 9. die ♀ h. 9. 48 1599. in her owne son a prty bloody coloured wench

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 96v (upper left part of page)

Alice Richardson (PERSON15307)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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=Payment;f2-patient-age-band=010-019%3A%3A15;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 4 February 2025.

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