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CASE33452: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Dayrell (PERSON19461)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1608 at 11:00

GJ Mrs Mary Dorrell of Lillingstone 19 y. Maij 14 ♄ ho. 11 a. m. 1608 Her head giddy in the morning quærit whether good to let her bloud.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 116r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Mary Dayrell (PERSON19461)

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

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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CASE33536: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Richard Burgess (PERSON10195)

Question asked by the patient on 16 June 1608 at 09:00

RN Goodmā Stu Burgys of havrshā 60 y Iune 16 ♃. h. 9 ant m 1608. had lately a fall vndr his syde & backe & cānot well take wynd/ & greeveth him to cough. he is desyrous to be let blood.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 125r (upper left part of page)

Goodman Richard Burgess (PERSON10195)

Medical  (Trauma)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short windedCough)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting bloodletting)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE33315: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Knight (PERSON13492)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1608 between 09:00 and 09:50

RN mes knight his wife. gargles. |for eyes flushing heates|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 102r (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Magdalen Knight (PERSON13492)

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

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Flushing)

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

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

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CASE33103: Horary consultation concerning Pill (PERSON24918)

Question asked by Mr Pill (PERSON24916) on 21 March 1608 at 14:55

RN Mr Pill f of Woullesten for his wife 36 y march. 21 ☾. h. 2{1}. 2|5|5 p m 1608 al blystered about the body since she tooke her physick. wch wrought h {sic} litle./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Pill (PERSON24916)Pill (PERSON24918)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Blisters)

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

Medical >Treatment  (Treatment follow-up)

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

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CASE32896: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)

Question asked by Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315) on 27 February 1608 at 16:30

RN my brothr Sandy sent me a letter touching Mr Shaxtons cony catching of ve\r/y Cony Catchers indede feb 27. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1608. yet writeth yt he now will not goe but yt his fathr would have him come to Oxford & my brothr if he cā will get him 20 lib. to goe to Oxford.

[Astrological Chart]

quærit vtrū An Stocker peius se habeat ob maritū. eodē tempore/

quærit morbi causā et medla an intollerable itching in the fundamēt ready to pull of her heare.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 45r (upper right part of page)

Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315)Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)

Medical  (UncategorisedCause of the affliction)

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Anus)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20229;f11-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f3-date=1600-1609;f5-recipe=No;f7-practice=Napier;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f9-damaged=No, accessed 20 June 2024.

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