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CASE44290: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Spark (PERSON35601)

Question asked by the patient on 10 February 1617 at 11:00

RN Elis Sparkes of Blinā 17 y feb. 10 ☾ h. 11. ant m. 1617. |greene sicknes. a yere.| /never had her temes {sic}\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a great pricking & shaking in hed. by fits’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 63r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Spark (PERSON35601)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)

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

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

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

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

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CASE26402: Horary consultation concerning Ursula V. (PERSON62806)

Question asked by the patient on 21 February 1615 at 07:45

RW Vrsula V: of monkscrisborrow y: 13. d: ♂ . hor: 7. 45. ant: m: Feb: 21. 1615. troubled wth strang sights when shee goeth to bed. Taken wth a shakinge & a prickinge att her hearte.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (upper left part of page)

Ursula V. (PERSON62806)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Seeing things)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Treatment 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-patient-knowledge=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APricking;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ATrembling, accessed 15 March 2025.

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