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CASE33898: Horary consultation concerning Old Mr Digby (PERSON22918)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1608 no later than 11:59

RN Old mr Dickby of Gothust or of Wickā came & did eate wth me Aug. 8. ☾. ant m 1608

et de vlcere./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 179r (bottom left part of page)

Old Mr Digby (PERSON22918)

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

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

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CASE54165: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Knight [Hanger] [Edwards] (PERSON30096)

Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1622 at 10:20

RN Mres Edwads {sic} of Pyddington 40. 52|3| y May 13 ☾ h. 10. 20 ant m. 1622.

a sore vnder her lip

[Astrological Chart]

would know wheathr she should out live her husb. & wheathr her sore lip will be healed or noe./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Joan Knight [Hanger] [Edwards] (PERSON30096)

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

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

Medical >Prognosis (Recovery (‘mend or no’))

Personal affairs>Predictive (Who will die first)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses%3A%3ASores;f3-time-of-day=AM;f4-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person, accessed 16 March 2025.

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