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CASE12117: Horary consultation concerning Joan Richardson (PERSON15314)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1599 no earlier than 11:00

RN Ihone Richardson of yardly mill. 60. sick this 12 moneth by a fit of a cold & cough short winded. & a phis|t|ick & a corpulent woman a good water: – 4d.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108r (bottom left part of page)

Joan Richardson (PERSON15314)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (CoughShort windedPhthisis)

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

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CASE49723: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Furtho [the elder] (PERSON11997)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1619 at 11:00

RN Mr Edward Furthoe the older sept: 18 h {sic} hor 11 \ant m 1619/ tooke his palsy wth a cold. 1619

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 10v (upper right part of page)

Mr Edward Furtho [the elder] (PERSON11997)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold )

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%3A11%3A00-11%3A59%3A%3A00%3A00-14%3A59;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ATook%20a%20cold;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 23 May 2025.

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