skip to primary navigationskip to content

Casebooks

Casebooks

Search results

Display  

Showing 1-7 of 7 records with:

  • Medical::Parts of the body::Limbs and joints::Arms in question-asked 
  • 030-039 in querent-age-band 
  • Medical::Parts of the body::Torso::Back in question-asked 
 Sorted by:  

Refine your results

Document type

Practitioner details

Practice
Practitioner
Number of practitioners
Practitioner is querent
Practitioner is patient

Astrologer details

Astrologer
Practitioner is astrologer
Number of astrologers

Patient details

Patient is
Patient’s age
Number of patients

How & where did it take place

Querent is asking about
Consultation took place with patient's knowledge
Patient's consent to the consultation is
How did it take place

When did it take place

Date
Time of day

Consultation details

Question asked
Case contains information about
Case contains judgment
Case includes treatment information
Case contains recipe

Person asking the question

Querent is
Querent’s age
Querent is identified
Number of querents

Editorial information

Shelfmark
Volume name
Case deleted
Case text damaged
Hands
Language
Extent of transcription
manuscript page thumbnail

CASE52359: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Sibly (PERSON58719)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1621 at 10:45

RN Agnys Sibley servant to Mr Sybley of Studdā 31 y Ap 30 ☾ h. 10. 45 ant m. 1621 was sent armes back sydes belly shooting vp & downe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 124v (upper right part of page)

Agnes Sibly (PERSON58719)

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

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

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

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

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE18924: Horary consultation concerning Alice Hall [Eves] (PERSON12482)

Question asked by the patient on 17 February 1601 at 15:26

RN Alce Hall of Stonystratford 36. a maried woman. 10 y nevr had child. feb. 17 die ♂ hor 3. 20|6| p m. 160i payned about her harte backe & armes./we{a}ke & faynt\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 35r (upper left part of page)

Alice Hall [Eves] (PERSON12482)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (WeakFaintness)

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

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE62491: Horary consultation concerning Grace Ridge (PERSON57623)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1626 at 09:00

RN Grace Ridg of Elstoe 30. y. may 30 ♂ h. 9. ant m 1626 sinc Easter lame in her armes back & legs right syde full of ach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 229r (bottom left part of page)

Grace Ridge (PERSON57623)

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

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

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

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

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

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE78798: Horary consultation concerning Anne Windmill (PERSON62008)

Question asked by the patient on 5 February 1634 at 11:15

TG Ann windmille of Hassom 32 y. Febr. 5 ☿ h. 11. 15 Ma{t}. 1634. m|sh|e was brought a bed on friday laste with a sa{illeg} she is full of stitches about her heart backe & armes, & can hardly fech her breath. cannot sleepe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 82v (bottom right part of page)

Anne Windmill (PERSON62008)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (HeartBack )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE13059: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth [Isabel] Buckstone (PERSON10146)

Question asked by the patient on 11 February 1600 at 11:30

RN Isbell Buckstone for her back & right arme & hoving in her bely & chest ready to stop her winde troubled wth the whites Ia|f|eb {sic} 11 die ☾. h. 11. 30. ant m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 267r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth [Isabel] Buckstone (PERSON10146)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back BellyChest)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

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

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE51854: Horary consultation concerning Jane White (PERSON61655)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1620 at 11:40

RN Iane White of Groundon 34. y Decēb. 21 ♃ h. 11. 40 ant m. 1620.

head back hart armes & all othr places

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 21r (upper left part of page)

Jane White (PERSON61655)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Heart)

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

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

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

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE12332: Horary consultation concerning Alice Buttolph (PERSON10267)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1599 at 10:15

RN Alce Buttell 33 yeres betwixt her shoulders back stomack armes. Ap. 27. die ♀ h. 10. 15. ant m. 1599 in her owne son

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 142r (upper right part of page)

Alice Buttolph (PERSON10267)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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?f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AArms;f19-querent-age-band=030-039;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 18 March 2025.

Browse casebooks

Search

Forman’s Judgmentes and Napier’s Defence

Reading the casebooks

Who were the practitioners?

Who were the patients?

Using the casebooks

The manuscripts

Casebooks sites

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge