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CASE50209: Horary consultation concerning John Field (PERSON30349)

Question asked by the patient on 27 January 1620 at 15:00

RN Iohn Field his sonne of Luton 14. y payned frō the head to the sole of the feete 2 days before newyers day. taken in a cold morning full of great wheales all over. his body as big as great beanes exceding poer & weake knoweth no body, nor can styr any te of his body very thirsty goeth to stoole well Ian 27 ♃ h. 3 p m 1620

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

John Field (PERSON30349)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CASE50431: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Stanton [Old Mrs Stanton] (PERSON35686)

Question asked by Frances Stanton (PERSON35689) on 25 March 1620 at 13:00

RW Old Mris stanton of stoake. d. ♄ h: 1. p: m. Martij. 25. d. 1620. payned over all her body. desirous to have a Clyster. A Consumption feared. Mris Francis desireth to know whether Mater eius morietur nec nō.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 150r (bottom left part of page)

Frances Stanton (PERSON35689)Elizabeth Stanton [Old Mrs Stanton] (PERSON35686)

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

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

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Consumed)

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) 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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20213;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3AEverywhere;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking, accessed 30 January 2025.

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