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CASE26504: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Lawrence (PERSON20155)

Question asked by the patient on 26 December 1605 at 15:15

RN Mres Lawrenc of Luton Decēb. 26 ♃ h. 3. 15. p m. 1605.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘extreeme sicke & colde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 1r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Lawrence (PERSON20155)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

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

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CASE26100: Horary consultation concerning Nicholas Leate (PERSON62697)

Question asked by Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503) on 7 June 1605 at 08:00

RN Nicholas Leate of London next St Iames day h. ☉ h. 9. 25 p m 1602. sh the mother sine cōsens Iunij 7. ♀ h. 8 ant m 1605

[Astrological Chart]

quærit wheathr wormes, teethbreeding, or ague.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 66v (upper part of page)

Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503)Nicholas Leate (PERSON62697)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

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

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1‘

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)

Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812)Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Apoplexy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleepiness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Screaming)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f4-info=Outcome%28s%29;f5-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1605, accessed 10 April 2025.

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