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CASE42499: Horary consultation concerning Lady Peniston [Mrs Martha Temple [Peniston]] (PERSON34223)

Question asked by the patient on 2 October 1615 at 16:00

RN The lady Penystone sent for me Octob. 2. ☾ h. 4. p. m. 16i5 at what tyme I did talke wth her at Stanton wheathr wth child or termes stopt.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 120v (upper left part of page)

Lady Peniston [Mrs Martha Temple [Peniston]] (PERSON34223)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems (No courses)

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

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CASE67089: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Tyrringham (PERSON60702) and Mrs Gill (PERSON49849)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Tyrringham (PERSON36300) on 30 September 1628 at 12:00

RN I went in a coach to Mr Anth Tyringhā of Emmerton to his wife yt lyeth in & to his sister in lawe Mres Gyll yt feareth a Cōsumpt Sept 30 ♂ I came thither a h. 12. at noone 1628.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 272r (upper left part of page)

Mr Anthony Tyrringham (PERSON36300)Mrs Alice Tyrringham (PERSON60702)Mrs Gill (PERSON49849)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Consumed)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE18814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1599 at 08:00

RN Ian. 20 die ♄ hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18397)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems (No courses)

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

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

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

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CASE26618: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mansell (PERSON20255)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1606 at 10:30

RN my lady came \Maunsell/ showed me her watr Ian 24 ♀ h 10. 30 ant m. 1606. who was at my lady Chaynes howse at Drayton 35 y. a long visage leane & yellowish full of melanch. long sick & casteth every foote mutch reds. &|w|ch trouble her mutch. & cōtinew long also whitꝭ but the {sic} weaken not yet have cōtinewed longe wch come 3 days before the red. casteth mutch faynt & feeble mutch wynd costive /Lady Maunsell. 35 y.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 22r (upper left part of page)

Lady Mansell (PERSON20255)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f8-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person%3A%3APractitioner%20visits%20querent;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters, accessed 9 January 2025.

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