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CASE30502: Horary consultation concerning William Fowler (PERSON23272)

Question asked by Alice Fowler (PERSON23275) on 21 January 1607 at 10:23

RN Wylliā fowler of Wouften of the greene 31 y Ian 21. ☿ h. 22|3|. ant m 1607. /a Carpenter/\

a great cold & a cough harte & hed

whithr he shall scape his wife weeping enquireth hath bene sicke ever since christmas last night very sicke./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 58r (upper left part of page)

Alice Fowler (PERSON23275)William Fowler (PERSON23272)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

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

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

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

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CASE12058: Horary consultation concerning Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) and Mr William Chester (PERSON10458)

Question asked by Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) on 12 March 1599 at 12:50

RN Elisabeth Chester 34 yeres cold in her armes & neck bone Mart. 12. {sic} 48. 50. 1599. & her sonn will who is amisse in her|is| lims who cannot stand & looketh weakly.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 99v (upper right part of page)

Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998)Mr William Chester (PERSON10458)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)

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

Medical >Illness (general)  (Amiss)

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

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

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CASE12358: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542) and Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540)

Question asked by Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542), Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540) on 1 May 1599 at 12:10

RN Agnes Rutland of Newnton Longfild. 53. sick this day fortnight. payned in her hed harte & all the body over. cannot abide vp: costive onc in 2 or 3 days. maij 1. die ♂ h. 12. 10. m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Ambrose Rudland of Newton her husband. a payne in his stomack & eyes. a Corpulent man & fully faced. eodem tempore/

Iohn Rutland wth a payne in his Chest & stomacke wyndye & a stitch in his syde

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 146r (upper right part of page)

Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542)Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539)John Rutland (PERSON15540)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartStomachChestSide(s))

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Everywhere)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological 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-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f2-info=Urine;f3-patient-age-band=030-039;f4-patient-sex=Male;f5-querent-sex=Female;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f7-deleted=No;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29, accessed 28 May 2024.

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