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CASE13528: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Smith (PERSON15945)

Question asked by the patient on 8 June 1598 at 08:30

RN Elisab. Smithe came to my|e| for my counsell 1595 {sic}. the 8 of Iune die ♃ h. 8. 30. ant merid. for an ache in her armes./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 198v (upper part of page)

Elizabeth Smith (PERSON15945)

Medical  (Medical counsel)

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

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

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

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CASE46555: Horary consultation concerning Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 11:00

RN Mary farrow of Earles Barton was 14 y last twelfday last the morne after on satterday morning in ye morning before day came to me for her right hand broken out like a great bloody sore & vnder her armes wth bunches thighes & hips wth many issues all looke red & bloody hād swelleth mutch may 5 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618.

was full of bleatch being a child & was noynted & neaver sinc well.

kings evill hath bene wth the king but smal amendmēt

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper right part of page)

Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (HandsArms ThighsHips)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Issue)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

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

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CASE72661: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Hammond (PERSON50744)

Question asked by the patient on 5 August 1631 at 09:30

RN Goody Hāman of Whaddon 55 y Aug. 5 ♀ h. 9 30 ant m 1631 /sick a fortnight frō\ should to her breast arms & belly esp bottome of her belly like a wynd.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 73 (bottom left part of page)

Goody Joan Hammond (PERSON50744)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BreastsBelly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

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

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CASE24078: Horary consultation concerning Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1614 at 15:00

RN Rose lord of Densanger 14 \13./ y novēb 8 ♂ h 8 3 p m 1614 |had the kings evill 5 days {sic} yeres ill.| |first her hand began to swell & then her arme & then her necke|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 117v (upper right part of page)

Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s) Angelic consultationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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CASE11801: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Lea [Vines] (PERSON16711)

Question asked by the patient between 14 November 1598 and 15 November 1598

RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die ♂ h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die ♂ h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 52v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Frances Lea [Vines] (PERSON16711)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyCannot use part)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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?f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AArms;f18-querent-sex=Female;f19-info=Outcome%28s%29, accessed 18 March 2025.

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