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CASE39658: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Sewster (PERSON35207)

Question asked by the patient on 14 April 1612 at 15:45

RN Iohn Suester. 47 y Ap 14 ♂ h. 3. 45. p m 1612. feareth a dead palsye 2 months {illeg}|ill|. |wheathr good to goe to ye bath.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 59v (upper left part of page)

Mr John Sewster (PERSON35207)

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

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness)

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

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CASE17891: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Bird (PERSON9741)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1602 at 07:00

RN Mr Byrde sent vnto me to vse my bookes wheathr his Disease be not a palsye Sept 11. ♄ hor. 7. ant m. 1602. all in his lym̄s

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 197r (upper right part of page)

Mr John Bird (PERSON9741)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Disease)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3APalsy;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f3-querent-age-band=040-049, accessed 19 November 2024.

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