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CASE51222: Decumbiture for Nicholas Barlegs (PERSON43505)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1620 at 11:00

RN Nicholas Barleg was strangly taken wth a palsy in ye fild Iuly 6. ♃ h 8. 30 ant m 16201

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsy.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 109v (upper right part of page)

Nicholas Barlegs (PERSON43505)

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

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

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CASE23570: Horary consultation concerning William Miller (PERSON20323)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1614 at 18:00

RN Will Miller my mā lame & ill in his stomacke Iune 13 ☾ h. 6. p m. 1614 /cā eate litle\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 30r (upper left part of page)

William Miller (PERSON20323)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f2-judgment=No;f3-querent-age-band=040-049%3A%3A49;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 9 January 2025.

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