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CASE12005: Horary consultation concerning Oliver Whiting (PERSON17104)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1599 at 10:15

RN Oliver Whiting of Bedford troubled wth an ach in huckbone left side taketh it to be a sciatica. & thenc to his back & inside of his share came wth a cold or a listing as he thincketh more hot & then cold. 60 yeres old. came him selfe the 28 of feb. die ☿ h. 10. 3 20|i5| ant m. 1599. Spencers brothr in lawe & farnewels brother.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 90r (upper left part of page)

Oliver Whiting (PERSON17104)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s)Back Groin)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (SciaticaTook a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Hot and cold)

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

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CASE19309: Horary consultation concerning Mr John White (PERSON17048)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1601 at 07:00

RN Mr White of the Greene 58. y Ap. 29 die ☿ hor. 7. ant m. 160i in his owne son. |of Newport nowe of Willinge|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘the stone in the backe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 100r (upper left part of page)

Mr John White (PERSON17048)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Stone)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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CASE16542: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Saxbey (PERSON15637) and Saxbey (PERSON18791) and Saxbey (PERSON15635)

Question asked by Saxbey (PERSON15635) on 31 January 1605 at 12:00

GJ Thomas Saxby of Hartwell 20 y. Ian: 31 ♃ ho. 12 in mer. 1605 A payne in his backe and bones

[Astrological Chart]

Quærit vtꝝ morbo gallico laboret

His father brought his water togither wth his owne and his wives. he feares that he tooke the disease by one that breathed in his face about michelmas

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 235r (bottom left part of page)

Saxbey (PERSON15635)Thomas Saxbey (PERSON15637)Saxbey (PERSON18791)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Morbus gallicus)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Astrological Chart

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CASE13387: Interrogation (Question) concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient, Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) and Fisher (PERSON11746) on 19 October 1597 at 10:09

RN Widowe Fjsher sente to me to come to her. fr she lieth very sicke 1597. Octob. 19. die ☿ hor. 10. 9 mi. quæro morbū et an recuperab. filius mat et cū consensu certū iudiciū eū dorso gravisse ægrotare et in tergo prcipue. et ventre shee hath a very great scouring & tooke a cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 91v (upper part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)Fisher (PERSON11746)

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

Medical >Current state (Curable)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Belly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Scouring)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f11-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 19 February 2025.

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