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CASE53851: Horary consultation concerning Jane Wooden (PERSON62157)

Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1622 at 08:30

RN Iane Wooden of Turvey 52 y. Ap. 10 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1622 \eys red & sore/ |a swying gydynes in her head.| /head benūmed\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 47r (upper right part of page)

Jane Wooden (PERSON62157)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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

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CASE30509: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928) and Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860)

Question asked by Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928) and Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860) on 21 January 1607 at 15:00 or at 14:40

RN mres Smith wentioned {sic} her hed ach & her husb. Ian. 3 21 ☿ h. 3 \2 40./ p m 1607 /shee & her husb. came to make mery wth me & brought the meate.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Martha Smith (PERSON15928)Mr Ralph Smith (PERSON15860)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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

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CASE23803: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Faldo (PERSON30274)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1614 at 16:25

RN Thomas faldoe of Goldington 24 y two days before Miklemas the day he was borne was ♃. came to me himselfe Aug. 12. ♀ h. 4. \25./ p m 1614 |wynd in his hed & stomack|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 69v (upper left part of page)

Mr Thomas Faldo (PERSON30274)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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

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CASE79849: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1635 at 11:30

SRN Iohn Halfehead of Caysoe. 80. y. Ian. 25. ☾. h. 11 30. a. m. 1635.

payned in his stomacke head & backe body Costiue. |vryne pale & thicke & gravell in the bottom| /will not turne\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 161v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (StomachBack)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE20990: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1604 at 10:25

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. ☾ hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Haunted)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ANot%20specified%20in%20question, accessed 5 April 2025.

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