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CASE66521: Decumbiture for Alice Chawly (PERSON45974)

Question asked by Chawly (PERSON45973) on 7 July 1628 at 09:00

RN Alce Chawly of Bedford stroken suddenly wth 47 y wth a Dead palsy Iuly 3. ♃ h. 3. 30 p m 1628 /her husb for her\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 100v (upper left part of page)

Chawly (PERSON45973)Alice Chawly (PERSON45974)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE76158: Horary consultation concerning Joan Lane [Young Goody Lane] (PERSON32523)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1632 at 10:00

RN Goody Lane of this towne 45 y Decēb 18 \18/ ♂ h . 10 ant m 1632. a palsye back syde & hart

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 220 (bottom left part of page)

Joan Lane [Young Goody Lane] (PERSON32523)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackSide(s)Heart)

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

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CASE39222: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Ryall (PERSON20681)

Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1612 at 10:00

RN Mres Riall of snam 42 y feb 19 ☿ h. 9 30 10. ant m 1612.      paralis. ling et dextri lateris

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 1r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Ryall (PERSON20681)

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Angelic consultationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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-patient-age-band=040-049;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f4-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded, accessed 8 March 2025.

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