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CASE44841: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Isabel Parnam (PERSON34019)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1617 at 10:00

RN Isabell Parnā of litlington pa\r/ke 40 y may 5 ☾ h. 10 ant m 1617 is very faynt ready to swound. bleedeth at the nose every day. |chest ill. after taking of vnicones hornes faces & hands swelled.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 147r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Isabel Parnam (PERSON34019)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Bleeding )

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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CASE79474: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1635 at 10:00

SRN Mrs Cotta of Coventry 40. y. August 22. ♄. h. 10. a. m. 1635.

[Astrological Chart]

Subject to bleeding, hath a burneinge in the insides of her hands & the Soles of her feete. desires my aduise whether it be good for to bleed either by Leeches or in her feete.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 236v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Bleeding )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Burning)

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

Medical  (Medical counsel)

Medical >Treatment (Whether to be let blood)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment 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-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABleeding;f13-querent-age-band=040-049%3A%3A40, accessed 4 March 2025.

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