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CASE13890: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Davers (PERSON11170)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1603 at 15:40

RN Mres Dorothy Davers 13. Iuly 5. ♂ hor 3. 40. p m. 1603. hyps & hed canot stand faynt feeble stomacke.

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 59r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Dorothy Davers (PERSON11170)

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

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

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CASE13492: Horary consultation concerning William Uvedale (PERSON60768)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1598 at 08:15

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die ☉. h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166v (upper part of page)

William Uvedale (PERSON60768)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Itch)

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)

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

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CASE45027: Horary consultation concerning John Toppinge (PERSON36155)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1617 at 09:15

RN Iohn Topping of Crafton by my lord Dormers 13 y may 30 ♀ h. 9. 15 ant m 1617. |had a rūning vp & downe his bodye & lims|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 179r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

John Toppinge (PERSON36155)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Running)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)

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

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CASE76176: Horary consultation concerning Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400)

Question asked by the patient, Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397) and Mrs Quicke (PERSON57232) on 20 December 1632 at 17:50

RN I recaved {sic} a lett frō mr {sic} \the lady/ marg {sic} \magdalen/ & the lady Alce Egerton & mres may {sic} Quick yt the lady margaret {sic} had a rising vp into her face but was taken downe wth pils clyster pils & a pig appl to her feete & a playster. It tooke her the 15 of Decēb being on sonday I receaved there letters Decēb 20 ♃ h. 5. 50 p m 1632

The Contes would debar her of her sups wch would be greevous vnto her

the Countes |of| \Bridgwater/ would debar her of her sup. & would know wheather the leaches

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 225 (middle left, and bottom right parts of page)

Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400)Lady Alice Egerton [Young Lady Alice Bridgewater] (PERSON48397)Mrs Quicke (PERSON57232)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

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

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

Medical >Treatment (Treatment)

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

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CASE12912: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17744)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1599 at 12:00

RN A poer carers Daughtr of Milton very sicke cōplayneth of her harte & legs. last night leekely to have Diyed. 13 yeres Decēb. 21 die ♀ h. 12. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 242r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17744)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment PaymentOutcome(s)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-querent-age-band=010-019%3A%3A13;f2-info=Astrological%20chart;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 13 January 2025.

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