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CASE14735: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Green (PERSON12346)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1603 at 08:50

GJ Thomas Greene of Burcott 56 y. Apr. 2 ♄ ho. 8. 50 a. m. for his sore eyes wch gūme thicke like byrd lyme, And are bloudshotten

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 38r (bottom right part of page)

Thomas Green (PERSON12346)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eye troubles (Bloodshot)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment

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CASE57775: Horary consultation concerning Goody Christian Weighte [Waight] (PERSON61353)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1624 at 13:00

U[1622–4] 1624: decubuit ☿day last. A æ. 46. Feb. 28: H. 1. p: Much troubled with wind: and ag verie much Tormented with apaine in the hinder part of her head thence it goeth downe in her stomack, which is verie weake. Christin. Wackt of Aston.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 88r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Goody Christian Weighte [Waight] (PERSON61353)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Unidentified (1622–1624) (PERSON27077) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE75886: Horary consultation concerning Henry Barnwell (PERSON43619)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1632 between 12:30 and 18:00

TG Henry Barnwell 47. hath rising in his stomacke the mouth full of cancers a tribus septimanis male habens RN of wymbly parish

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 134 (upper right part of page)

Henry Barnwell (PERSON43619)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Canker)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Judgment

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CASE55559: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Fortescue (PERSON49166)

Question asked by the patient on 28 January 1623 at 11:38

RW Mr Robert Fortescue. y. 14 d.♂. h: 11. 38. ant: m: Ian: 28 1623. A swellinge vnder his left iaw much like to the Kings euill.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164v (upper right part of page)

Mr Robert Fortescue (PERSON49166)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE77362: Horary consultation concerning Mary Brown (PERSON45067)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41874) on 22 May 1633 at 12:40

TG Mary browne of Keymolton y: 5. May. 22. h: 0: 40. di: ☿ 1633.

RN vomyteth sometymes flegm. stuffe a very weake stomack. & headTG

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 155 (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41874)Mary Brown (PERSON45067)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Voiding phlegm)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835)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-number-of-astrologers=Multiple%20astrologers;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 14 November 2024.

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