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CASE11872: Horary consultation concerning Mary Knight (PERSON13494)

Question asked by the patient and Knight (PERSON13466) on 12 December 1598 at 12:39

RN Mary Knight of Newport 12 yeres old at Easter Deafe this 8 yeres. for 4 yeres well. hearethe very hardly & at some times heareth better thē other her eares run & then shee heareth best shee came wth her mother this 12 of Decēbr die ♂ h. 10 12. 39. 1598. of a very pale Colour. a drye huske & a bad stomack breaketh & {illeg}|out &| looketh ill.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 66r (upper right part of page)

Knight (PERSON13466)Mary Knight (PERSON13494)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Hearing problems (Deafness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting  (Pale )

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

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CASE42515: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Lennard [Lady Dacre] [Mrs Elizabeth Throckmorton] (PERSON36070)

Question asked by the patient on 9 October 1615 at 10:00

RN Mres Elis Throckmorton. sent me a letter to certify me yt her physick wrought very well & yt her stomacke is freed frō Her old payne & yt she hath & doth vse good exercise yet not wthstanding looketh pale / Octob. 9. ☾ h. 10. ant m. 16i5

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 124r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Lennard [Lady Dacre] [Mrs Elizabeth Throckmorton] (PERSON36070)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting  (Pale )

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-treatment=Yes;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AStomach;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AWasting%3A%3APale, accessed 10 April 2025.

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