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CASE25013: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37330)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1610 at 09:30

RN on Dobsons mā of london tenat {sic} to my brothr Sandy Iune 13. ☿ h. 9. 30. 16i0 for his \right/ cheeke swelled kings evyll & his right knee. mightely swelled.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 65v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37330)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

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

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

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CASE36694: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26941)

Question asked by the patient on 3 November 1609 at 12:38

RN a womā came to me for the king evill in her throat & syde of her face wch was exceding hard & full of holes novēb. 4 {sic} ♀ h. 12. 38 p m 1609 58 y had it halfe a yere.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘kings evill.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 182r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26941)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

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

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

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

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CASE64594: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40515)

Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1627 at 13:00

RN The faukners wife to Sr Rob          of Parsnā Sept 15 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1627 wheather festured sore & sw in her left arme broken & rūning & swellings about her face & neck all soft taken by hard labour of a child he {sic} wheathr it be the kings evill as is supposed or a fistula

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 215r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40515)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Sores)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Running)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Hernia, fistula and haemorrhoids (Fistula)

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

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CASE72214: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41338)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1631 or on 28 May 1631 at 15:00

RN a womā troubled wth a great swelled cheake & leg hard swelled cedding from the kings evill may 28 ♀ h. 3 p m 1631

kings evill

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 232, p. 380 (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41338)

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

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AFace;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AScrofula;f4-querent-identified=No, accessed 17 November 2024.

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