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CASE67637: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Mably (PERSON24300)

Question asked by the patient on 27 January 1629 at 10:38

RN Isbell Mablely of NorthCrowly 68. y Ian 27 ♀|♂| h. 10 38 ant m 1629 /full of ach in her back & huckbone 20 yeres\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 34r (bottom right part of page)

Isabel Mably (PERSON24300)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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

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CASE12663: Horary consultation concerning Mr William White [the elder] (PERSON17063)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1599 at 09:38

RN Will: White of Caucot 30. maried. sick vppon tuesday last wth an ache in his left leg huckbone & backe. sept 8 die ♄ h. 9. 38. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 198r (upper left part of page)

Mr William White [the elder] (PERSON17063)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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CASE26366: Horary consultation concerning Margery Parrot (PERSON20475)

Question asked by the patient on 13 January 1606 at 13:00

RN Margery Parret of Cranfild 30 y Ian 13 ☾ h. 1. p m. 1606. Hucklebone & backe. 4 days extreeme ill.

sinc miklemas. a payne in her backe.

[Astrological Chart]

quæritr an sit gravida. qꝛ de eo dubitatr.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 19r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Margery Parrot (PERSON20475)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

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

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CASE12836: Horary consultation concerning John Lane (PERSON13556)

Question asked by the patient on 22 October 1599 at 12:30

RN Iohn Lane of Shenly. 62. Octob. 22 die ☾ h. 12. 30. hot back & reanes & huckbone yt it maketh him vomitte.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 223r (upper right part of page)

John Lane (PERSON13556)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Reins of the back)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)

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

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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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CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)

John Johnson (PERSON52585)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE17227: Horary consultation concerning Richard Shephard (PERSON15761)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1602 at 09:45

RN Richard Shepheard of Caucot 40 y. Iune 14. ☾ hor. 9 45. ant m. 1602. /a husb. man.\ /head back. ioyntꝭ & lyms.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame hips hucklebone.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 92r (bottom left part of page)

Richard Shephard (PERSON15761)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

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

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CASE70315: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Rogers (PERSON57817)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1630 at 13:00

Samuel Rogers of Moulton 22. y. Mart. 24. ☿. h. 1. p. m. 1630

hath a Swellinge in his Back & RN \genitalibus rūning & in his/ hand cannot hold his water Lame in his Thighe & Hucklebone

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 199 (upper right part of page)

Samuel Rogers (PERSON57817)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Running)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

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

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?f11-judgment=Yes;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AHuckbone, accessed 3 February 2025.

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