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CASE54195: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1622 at 16:45

RN Mres Byrd. of havrsham May 17 ♀ h. 4. 45 p m 1622 /troubled wth a hot rheume\ |she did send to signifye yt her pils did worke only downe & not vp as her pils onc did 6 y since & thinketh yt they did not worke vppon her head/|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 107v (bottom right part of page)

Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Rheumy (Rheum)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

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

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CASE53997: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1622 at 15:20

RN a note sent to mres By\r/d of havrshā. 60 y Ap. 26 ♀ h. 3. 20 p m. 1622: /swelled in her body\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 72v (upper left part of page)

Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)

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

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CASE54184: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1622 at 13:12

RN Mres Byrd of Havrshā may 16. ♃ h. 1. 12. p m. 1622. |head paynd|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 105r (upper right part of page)

Old Mrs Bird (PERSON28087)

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

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

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?f12-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20223;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f14-patient=Old%20Mrs%20Bird%20%28PERSON28087%29, accessed 19 March 2025.

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