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CASE17227: Horary consultation concerning Richard Shephard (PERSON15761)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1602 at 09:45

RN Richard Shepheard of Caucot 40 y. Iune 14. ☾ hor. 9 45. ant m. 1602. /a husb. man.\ /head back. ioyntꝭ & lyms.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame hips hucklebone.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 92r (bottom left part of page)

Richard Shephard (PERSON15761)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

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

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

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CASE13653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1603 at 09:45

RN Soror mea maria Sandy Londinensis 26 y. quærit causā cur intr scapulus doleat et cur torpeant facies et manus Apr. 19 ♂ hor 9. 45. ant m 1603 wch about that tyme was gone about 14 or 15 weekes wth child.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘gravida’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 20v (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

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

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

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

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

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

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CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)

John Johnson (PERSON52585)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BackStomach)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE25924: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1603 at 09:45

RN Soror mea Sandy londinensis quærit causā of her back & hed ach & bēnūmes of her face hands wch seeme deede Apr {sic} April 19. ♂ hor. 9. 45. ant m. 1603

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 174, p. 296 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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%3A45%3A00-59%3A59;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 15 March 2025.

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