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CASE52985: Horary consultation concerning Mary Geary (PERSON12097)

Question asked by the patient on 15 August 1621 at 11:50

RN Mary B. Geary of Filgrave 43 y Aug 15 ☿. h. 11. 50 ant m 1621 \desp. sick/ a dropsye very big |they thought yt she had bene wth child|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 70v (bottom right part of page)

Mary Geary (PERSON12097)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

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

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CASE37224: Horary consultation concerning Andrew Osborn (PERSON24719)

Question asked by the patient on 27 November 1609 at 07:54

RN Andrew Osburne of london a silke mā a batcheler 28 y novēb. 29. 27. ☾ h. 7. 54. ant m. 1609 |extreme sick swelled face belly likely to dye of a|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Dropsye./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 329, f. 4r (upper part of page)

Andrew Osborn (PERSON24719)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

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?f10-practitioner-is-patient=No;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ADropsy, accessed 15 December 2024.

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