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CASE46570: Horary consultation concerning Goody Winifred Nichols (PERSON24654)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1618 at 06:15

RN Rob. Nichols his wife sick of ye new ague may 7 ♃ h. 6. 15 ant m 1618 in her back & bone.

was churched on satt last.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 88r (bottom left part of page)

Goody Winifred Nichols (PERSON24654)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (New ague)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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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

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;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3ABones, accessed 10 March 2025.

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