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CASE20230: Horary consultation concerning Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)

Question asked by the patient on 12 January 1602 at 10:30

RN Mres katheron longvild can eate nothing stomacke full 23 y Ian xij ♂ hor. 10. 30 ant m. 1602.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 263v (upper right part of page)

Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Cannot eat )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

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

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CASE21258: Horary consultation concerning Marian Web (PERSON16903)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1604 at 09:30

RN maryon web 20 y Iuly 12. ♃. hor. 9. 30 ant m 1604.

faynt & feeble. stomacke. can not eate any thing

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 107r (upper left part of page)

Marian Web (PERSON16903)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Cannot eat )

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

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

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CASE55355: Horary consultation concerning William Pearson [Pearce] (PERSON24861)

Question asked by the patient on 9 December 1622 at 08:30

RN Will: Perce of this towne 26 y Decēb. 9. ☾ h 8. 30 ant m. 1622. |spitteth blood cānot {stand} {sic} stand nor eat. chest ill|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 129r (upper left part of page)

William Pearson [Pearce] (PERSON24861)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Spitting blood)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Cannot eat )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment  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-judgment=Yes;f2-patient-age-band=020-029;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEating%20and%20drinking%20problems%3A%3ACannot%20eat, accessed 20 March 2025.

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