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CASE12804: Horary consultation concerning William Butfild (PERSON10249)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1599 at 08:45

RN William Butfild of 17 y of Walton Did Dwell wth good mā Greene for his hed & chest: Octob. 12. die ♀ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1599. feareth least he have taken a surfet.

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 218r (upper left part of page)

William Butfild (PERSON10249)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Surfeit )

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

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CASE73658: Horary consultation concerning William Lyne (PERSON54002)

Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1632 at 13:00

RN Williā Line of Bysseter 40 y Ian 19 h 1. p m 16321

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Chest ill a surfet’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 402 (upper right part of page)

William Lyne (PERSON54002)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Surfeit )

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-practice=Napier;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ASurfeit;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest, accessed 11 January 2025.

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