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CASE79849: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1635 at 11:30

SRN Iohn Halfehead of Caysoe. 80. y. Ian. 25. ☾. h. 11 30. a. m. 1635.

payned in his stomacke head & backe body Costiue. |vryne pale & thicke & gravell in the bottom| /will not turne\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 161v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (StomachBack)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE74534: Horary consultation concerning Goody Miller (PERSON54775)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1632 at 10:00

RN Goody Miller of Botte Claydon a widow 80. y. legs & belly swelled. may 7. ☾ h. 10

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 140 (bottom left part of page)

Goody Miller (PERSON54775)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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%3ATorso;f19-date=1630-1639;f20-querent-age-band=080-089, accessed 28 January 2025.

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