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CASE70648: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1630 at 18:25

RN Mres Prescot \of {sic}/ of London 60 y Ap. 29. ♃ h. 6. 25. a|p| m 1630 |full of aches. all over.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 311 (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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

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CASE12696: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)

Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1599 at 11:12

RN Will. Seer of Havershā 60 y. 53. y. for his Lamenes & leg wc rūneth & payneth him on hys syd. Septemb. 14 die ♀ h. 11. 12. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 202v (upper right part of page)

William Seer (PERSON15703)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE27775: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Forman (PERSON19644)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38887) on 12 July 1606 at 10:25

RN Isbell forman of Ridgmont 6 y. Iuly 12 h {sic} hor. 10. 20|5| p|a|nt m 1606

left hand sore swelled & broken. this 3 quarters of a yere swelled & lately broken

[Astrological Chart]

metuit veneficiū Marg Brinckloe or vnderwood now

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 216r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38887)Isabel Forman (PERSON19644)

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

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

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

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE24757: Horary consultation concerning Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1610 at 07:00

RN Sara Pauly of NorthCrowlye 38. y may 15. ♂ h. 7. ant m. 16i0 Delivered this day sennet about 8. in the morning. was in labour from monday to that Daye tooke a cold. & sore all over. & was swelled all over & now is swelled in her left hand & cānot make water onc in 24 houres. ready to cast & her wynd is ready to be stopt wth it very weake.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 34v, f. 34r (f. 34v upper left, and f. 34r bottom left)

Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

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

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Urinary problems (No urine)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body, accessed 28 December 2024.

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