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CASE50145: Horary consultation concerning Lady Peniston [Mrs Martha Temple [Peniston]] (PERSON34223)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1620 at 14:30

RN The Lady Pænystone. now at Sr Will: Andrewes house ill sodenly in her head Ian. 9 ☉ h. 2. 30 p m. 1620

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 100r (upper left part of page)

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

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

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

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

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CASE41840: Horary consultation concerning Humphrey Matthews (PERSON33098)

Question asked by Mrs Grace Matthews (PERSON33114) on 12 May 1615 at 08:50

RN Mres Grace mathew of Braden for her sonne Humfrey Mathew a yere & so mutch as from Shrovetyde sent to me for him May 12. ♀ h. 8. 50 ant m 16i5 |3 weekes ill a yere & a quartr old. /for these 3 days hath {sic}\|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 14r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Grace Matthews (PERSON33114)Humphrey Matthews (PERSON33098)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

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

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CASE50329: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Cranwell (PERSON29536)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 06:30

RW Mris Anne Cronwell of sympson. y. 5|4|4. d. ☾ h: 6. 30. ant: m: Feb: 28. 1620. vomiteth much: all things seeme bitter vnto her. hath beene {verie} soluble lately. sleepeth {verie} vnquietly. ill a fortnight. keepeth 1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘her bed almost alltogeither now for 4 or 5 dayes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Anne Cranwell (PERSON29536)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Looseness)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness Bedridden)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE11472: Horary consultation concerning Marsh (PERSON14002)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) and Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) on 30 November 1600 at 18:00

RN My Cozen Marsh of Londen sent vnto me he & she boath for physick for there childe |of 3 yers| yt is very ill & lame & hath bene scoured & nowe can make no water & fundamēt goeth out. novemb. 30. die ☉ hor. 6 p m. 1600 /he dyed two or 3 yeers aftr {sic} this\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 204r (upper left part of page)

Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816)Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)Marsh (PERSON14002)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Scouring)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (No urine)

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

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CASE24078: Horary consultation concerning Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1614 at 15:00

RN Rose lord of Densanger 14 \13./ y novēb 8 ♂ h 8 3 p m 1614 |had the kings evill 5 days {sic} yeres ill.| |first her hand began to swell & then her arme & then her necke|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 117v (upper right part of page)

Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

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

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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3AIllness;f4-practitioner-is-patient=No;f5-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded, accessed 10 November 2024.

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