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CASE41311: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Williamson (PERSON36882)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1613 at 10:45

RN Lettice Williamson of Titchmarch in Northāptonsheere 11 y may. 5 ☿ h 10. 45. ant m. 1613 /troubled wth ye palsyes hands & fingers dead\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 112v (bottom right part of page)

Lettice Williamson (PERSON36882)

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

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

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

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CASE42237: Horary consultation concerning Joan Eling (PERSON30133)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1615 at 07:30

RN Ione Ellen of Newp likely to loose her fyngers of her left hand swelled {h} {sic} 40 y Aug 18 ♀ h. 7 30 ant m 1615

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 79v (upper right part of page)

Joan Eling (PERSON30133)

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

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

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?f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AHands;f16-time-of-day=AM;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AFingers, accessed 19 March 2025.

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