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CASE25997: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Laughton (PERSON62694)

Question asked by the patient on 3 September 1625 at 11:50

RW Tho: Lauton of Moulsoe y. 23 d. ♄ h: 11. 50. ant: m: Sept: 3. 1625. head breast & heart ill since Last Sunday: dry & thirstie

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 174, p. 385 (middle right part of page)

Thomas Laughton (PERSON62694)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (ChestHeart )

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dry and/or thirsty  (DryThirsty )

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE11922: Horary consultation concerning Goody Ellen Foster (PERSON11861)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1598 at 08:35

RN Ellen Foster sore sick ever sinc her childe cannot take no drinke meate vomiteth vp all yt shee taketh cannot quench her thirst swollen very big in her legs. now stolen vp to her hart on weddensday shalbe three weekes her child borne wth out all greefe but mutch payned before & after & nevr had Child before sent a woman to me for her Decēb. 31. h. 8. 35 m. 1598

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 75v (upper left part of page)

Goody Ellen Foster (PERSON11861)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dry and/or thirsty  (Thirsty )

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Heart )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADry%20and%2For%20thirsty%3A%3AThirsty;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AHeart;f3-judgment=No, accessed 7 May 2025.

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