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CASE43962: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

Question asked by the patient on 30 September 1616 at 09:00

RN Old Mres \{l}uce/ Duncōbe of great Brickhill s {sic} 60. y. sept 30 ☾ h. 9. ant m 16i6. hed chest a bad back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 5r (upper right part of page)

Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (ChestBack )

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

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CASE46149: Horary consultation concerning Richard Barrat (PERSON27799)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1618 at 09:00

RN Rich Barret of Wavendon 27 y a batch is the Smyths son march. 11. ☿. h. 9. ant m 1618 /hed necke belly backe & left syde loose & vseth to cast\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 11r (upper right part of page)

Richard Barrat (PERSON27799)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellyBack Side(s))

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Looseness)

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

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

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CASE54811: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Burgoyne (PERSON45280)

Question asked by the patient on 19 August 1622 at 09:00

RN Mres Burgayne of Morthāpton {sic}. 28 y Aug. 19 ☾ h 9. ant m 1622 /hed cordis palpit. a quasy stomack a bad backe\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 34v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Burgoyne (PERSON45280)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (HeartStomachBack )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Trembling of the heart)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A09%3A00-09%3A59%3A%3A00%3A00-14%3A59;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 6 March 2025.

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