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CASE60084: Horary consultation concerning Goody Phybbyns (PERSON56698)

Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1625 at 11:00

RN Goody Phybbyns of HyempFeryes 33 y March 30 ☿ h 11 ant m 1625

is very neere her tyme of travell

the morow after Candlemas wth a nūnes over all \on of her/ her {sic} sydes all over1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a nūbnes over on of her sydes.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 39v (upper right part of page)

Goody Phybbyns (PERSON56698)

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

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

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

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CASE12441: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)

Question asked by Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900) and Alice Houghton (PERSON12913) on 12 May 1599 at 10:00

RN Agnes Hoton. 7 yeres on sct Valentines eve being sunday amisse in her lims & tounge & feete & hath no sence nor feeling therin at first shee did fall for 2 or 3 dizeases. now hath lost the senc & vse of her lims

[Astrological Chart]

She cryeth & mutch cōplayneth o {sic} May the 12. die ♄. h. 10. ant m. 1599. pater et mater filia quærūt remediū. det igitur pater cælestis multis et magnis miserationibꝯ suis. at all times most cold. Costive.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160r (upper right part of page)

Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900)Alice Houghton (PERSON12913)Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)

Medical >Illness (general) (DiseaseAmiss)

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

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation)

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

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CASE54648: Horary consultation concerning Marge Fisher (PERSON49018)

Question asked by the patient on 20 July 1622 at 11:30

RN Marg fisher of Dunstable 31 y Iuly {20} ☾|h| {sic} hor. 11 30 ant m 1622 /right syde of her hed face no feeling\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 4v (bottom right part of page)

Marge Fisher (PERSON49018)

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

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

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

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CASE61213: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 26 October 1625 at 15:00

RN Mr Latch for his Daughter Franke yt is beenūmed wth the Dead palsye in her right syde octob 26. ☿ h. 3. p m 1625

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 29v (upper left part of page)

Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382)Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

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

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

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

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CASE62874: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1626 at 10:30

RN An West of Olny 30 y octob 5. ♃ h. 10: 30 ant m 1626 a nūnes in her hans {sic} & legs suddenly taken away

Ioane Chard susp but now dead 2 yeres sinc

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (upper right part of page)

Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)

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

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f18-querent-age-band=030-039;f20-patient-sex=Female;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ANumbness, accessed 20 January 2025.

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