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CASE41417: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Lingard (PERSON32733)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1613 at 17:00

RN margaret lingard of lowick 38 y may 26. ☿ h. 5. p m 1613. a wynd tympany.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘belly great & hard.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 133r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Margaret Lingard (PERSON32733)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind  (Wind)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Tympany)

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

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE23498: Horary consultation concerning Dr Michael Jarman (PERSON32083)

Question asked by the patient on 1 June 1614 at 17:00

RN Mr Iermyn of Exeter colledg & Mr Thomas Harrys 19 y. may Iune 1. ☿ h. 5. p. m. 1614. |mr Iernyn feareth eyther Dropsy or cōsūption mutch troubled wth wynd & belly somewhat swelled cānot sleepe. his cordiall I first sent him did him mutch good./|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 17r (bottom left part of page)

Dr Michael Jarman (PERSON32083)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Consumed)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind  (Wind)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)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?f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AWind, accessed 19 March 2025.

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