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CASE26110: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Ursula Poulton (PERSON15029)

Question asked by the patient on 17 February 1603 at 14:10

RN Mres Vrsula Poulton 20 y at the same tyne {sic} capite renibꝯ stomacke mother & swoundinge.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 71r (upper part of page)

Mrs Ursula Poulton (PERSON15029)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (KidneysStomach Womb, matrix, mother )

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

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

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CASE56376: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1623 at 18:00

RN The Lady \Mary/ Hartop cōpl of her miserab estate splene mother back stomack liver & cā take no rest nor walk May 23. ♀ h. 6. p m 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 112r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (SpleenWomb, matrix, mother BackStomach Liver)

Medical >Treatment (Whether to be let blood)

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

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CASE73745: Horary consultation concerning Mary Longstaffe (PERSON53864)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1632 at 12:00

TG Mary longstaff of La{illeg}|t|hbury. affectu uterino laborans et febri stomacho, capite et membrorum doloribus.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘1632. Febr: d. 6. h. 0. 0.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 428 (upper left part of page)

Mary Longstaffe (PERSON53864)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Womb, matrix, mother Stomach )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)

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

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

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

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

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CASE44105: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Barker (PERSON27733)

Question asked by the patient on 21 November 1616 at 10:00

RN mres Barker of Bowbrickhell 5|4|0 y novēb 21. {illeg}|♃| h. 10 ant m 16i6 mutch troubled wthan arising up in her stomake breaking mutch wynd wth it like to ye passio hypōdriaca & mother. & eateth litle

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 27r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Barker (PERSON27733)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach Womb, matrix, mother )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Hypochondriac passion)

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?f17-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AWomb%2C%20matrix%2C%20mother;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AStomach, accessed 29 March 2025.

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