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CASE49534: Decumbiture for John Seabrook (PERSON35162)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38699) on 19 August 1619 at 13:25

RN It was hurt wth a Cart Aug 13 ♀ h. 1 30 p m 16191

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a bruise wth a cart paralitycall’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 157v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38699)John Seabrook (PERSON35162)

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Bruises )

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

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

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CASE15331: Horary consultation concerning John Edwards (PERSON11488)

Question asked by the patient on 16 July 1603 at 11:00

RN Iohn Edwards of Olny vnmaried 30 Iuly 16 ♄ hor. 11. ant m 1603. for a bruise wth a carte all in his hucklebone as if all were a sleepe./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 105v (upper left part of page)

John Edwards (PERSON11488)

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Bruises )

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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?f13-patient-sex=Male;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABruises, accessed 19 March 2025.

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