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CASE22889: Decumbiture for John Bird (PERSON44203)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1630 at 07:30

RN Iohn Byrd hurt his hand & it is swelled & ranckled Aug 31. ♂ h. 5 ant m 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 130v (middle right part of page)

John Bird (PERSON44203)

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

Medical  (Trauma)

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

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

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CASE74389: Horary consultation concerning Mary Howlet (PERSON52019)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1632 at 07:30

RN Mary Howlet of Bythorne in Huntington sheere 19 y Ap. 23 ☾. h. 7. 30 ant m 1632.

head & eys swelled & high coloured chest swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 100 (upper left part of page)

Mary Howlet (PERSON52019)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Astrological 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?f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f15-date=1630-1639;f16-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A07%3A00-07%3A59%3A%3A30%3A00-44%3A59, accessed 1 April 2025.

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