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CASE70940: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45056)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1630 at 09:30

RN Ioane Browne of Bedford 51 y may 28 ♀ h. 9 30 ant m. 1630 |Is swelled frō her toes to her throate for a month|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 414 (bottom left part of page)

Jane Brown (PERSON45056)

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

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

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

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CASE12099: Horary consultation concerning Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 16:20

RN Margery Clark a midwife of Stony stratford sick at hart yt shee cannot speake can scarce travell her thighes & legs doe swell. 51. a thick white puddle watr. March. 19. die ☾ h. 4. 20. m. p. m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (bottom left part of page)

Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Sickness (passions)Sick at heart)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)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?f10-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear%3A%3AAt%20unspecified%20location;f11-patient-age-band=050-059%3A%3A51;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling, accessed 10 March 2025.

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