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CASE26414: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Question asked by Mr Meridale (PERSON62715) on 6 March 1615 at 13:00

RW Mr Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41v (upper centre part of page)

Mr Meridale (PERSON62715)Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (StomachBack )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (StuffedCough)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold )

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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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.

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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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APain;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ATook%20a%20cold;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 20 February 2025.

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