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CASE19778: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Allen (PERSON9100)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1601 at 08:00

RN An Allen of Willinge 15 y. August 12. ☿ hor 8 ant m 16011

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘cheste head & harte a sore leg’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 177v (upper right part of page)

Agnes [Anne] Allen (PERSON9100)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (ChestHeart)

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

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

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

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

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CASE33539: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Burgess (PERSON22326)

Question asked by the patient on 16 June 1608 at 09:00

RN Agnys Burgis of havrsham 15 y Iune 16 ♃ h. 9 ant m 1608. betwixt the small of her backe. brused her backe & hips wth the golting of a carte./ & shooteth into divrse places. /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 125r (upper right part of page)

Agnes Burgess (PERSON22326)

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bruises)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

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

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

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CASE77705: Horary consultation concerning John Biggs (PERSON44133)

Question asked by the patient on 26 June 1633 at 18:20

RN {I}ohn Bigge of Ashwell 15 y ☿ h. 6. 20 p m 1633. Iune 26

lame a yeare goeth wth a staffe in boath hands & draweth his loynes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 264 (upper left part of page)

John Biggs (PERSON44133)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Loins)

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

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CASE12997: Horary consultation concerning Reynold Dennet (PERSON11249)

Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1600 at 14:00

RN Raynold Tennet of Kempson 15 y. for a strong itch. his hands & bodye w red & ytchy his blood infected h. Ian 14 die ☾. h. 2. p m. 1600.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255r (bottom right part of page)

Reynold Dennet (PERSON11249)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Itch)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

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

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

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CASE16946: Horary consultation concerning Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1602 at 09:36

RN wheathr her Daught Iane walbancke 15. y maij 18 ♂ h. 9. 36. ant m 1602 armes shoulders blewe spots leeke scabs on her legs.1

Notes:

1 ‘back head shoulders armes.’ supralinear

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 48r (bottom left part of page)

Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

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

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

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CASE10306: Horary consultation concerning Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Question asked by Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406) on 11 April 1600 at 08:50

RN Em Rodwell of Kempson 15 y. Ap 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50. ant m. 1600

pricked & vexed all over her bodye in her body left syde & thigh.

cannot turne her in her bede

Mary Chamberlin of Kempson 17. or 18 y. Apr 11 die ♀ h. 8. 50 ant m. troubled wth a swounding twce {sic} a weeke. head. chest.

seemeth to be in love

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35r (upper right part of page)

Em Radwell (PERSON15415)Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot turn)

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

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

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological 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%3ATorso;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f20-patient-age-band=010-019%3A%3A15, accessed 31 March 2025.

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