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CASE16695: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Monney (PERSON14228) and Monney (PERSON14227)

Question asked by Mrs Monney (PERSON14228) and Monney (PERSON14227) on 23 March 1602 at 12:00

RN Mres monye martij 25 y. Martij ♂ 23. hor. 12. in merid 1602. & her husb. for his liver & salt fleme.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 11r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Monney (PERSON14228)Monney (PERSON14227)

Unknown

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Liver )

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

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

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

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)

Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080)Anonymous (PERSON17772)Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Liver )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Dropsy)

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

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CASE19392: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Askewe (PERSON9284) and Jane Askewe (PERSON9285) and Mr Richard Askewe (PERSON9282)

Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Askewe (PERSON9284), Jane Askewe (PERSON9285) and Mr Richard Askewe (PERSON9282) on 8 May 1601 at 12:00

RN Mres Askue of midle Claydon. 40 y. maij 8 die ♀ hor. 12. ant m. 160i

capitis dolore 3es annos

Itm’ puella Iane Askue of Middle Claydon 16 y. greene sicknes.

Itm’ Rich Askue. of midle Claydon. 40 y. hor 12. die ♀.

lateris dextri dolore et algore et pulsu cedente vti arbitratr ex obstructione hepatis.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 113v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Askewe (PERSON9284)Jane Askewe (PERSON9285)Mr Richard Askewe (PERSON9282)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)

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

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

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

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CASE72195: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Harrington (PERSON50906) and Harrington (PERSON50903)

Question asked by Old Lady Harrington (PERSON50902) on 26 May 1631 at 14:20

RN my old Lady Harington 60 y may. 26. ♃ h. 2. 20 p m 163i

1 her oldest daughter prty well /Mres Iane Harrington 21 y\

2 but the younger mutch at on & ill in her stomack as before no appetite to eate cōpl of extreme payne in her syde of the right syde feareth yt she is livr growen

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 375 (upper left part of page)

Old Lady Harrington (PERSON50902)Mrs Jane Harrington (PERSON50906)Harrington (PERSON50903)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (StomachLiver )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f2-damaged=No;f4-number-of-patients=Multiple%20patients;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ALiver, accessed 5 January 2025.

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