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CASE58303: Horary consultation concerning Robert Clark (PERSON46189)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1624 at 16:25

RN Robert Clarke of Bishops hatsfield 15 y Ap. 27 ♂ h. 4. 25 p m. 1624 was christ Decēb 17. was borne Decēb 6 ♂ h. 12 p m 1608. |epilepsia vertigo capitis|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘s {sic} epilepsia vertigo’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 166v (upper left part of page)

Robert Clark (PERSON46189)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness)

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

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

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

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CASE11682: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1598 at 15:53

RN R N. valde ægrotabat corde capite et stomacho. quæritur causā. Sept. 11. die ☾. h. 3. 53 m. post m. 1598 apoplexia et verti

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 27v (bottom left part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Medical >Illness (general) (Aegritudo)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartStomach)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Apoplexy)

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

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

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?f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint%3A%3AVertigo, accessed 20 March 2025.

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