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CASE73069: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Gowland [Master of Arts] (PERSON50178)

Question asked by the patient on 30 September 1631 at 16:30

RN Mr Gowland sept 30 ♀ h. 4. 30 p m 163i

for the gydynes in his head.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 193 (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Gowland [Master of Arts] (PERSON50178)

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

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

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

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CASE27381: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Bruce (PERSON19138)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1606 at 16:30

RN Dorothy Bruce of Dodford in Stoe parish 35 y may 26 ☾ h. 4. 30 p m 1606. |mothr.|

left syde wch moveth twingeth shooteth pricketh rolleth burned at her backe hed ill

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 146r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Dorothy Bruce (PERSON19138)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Womb, matrix, motherSide(s)Back)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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-treatment=Yes;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f5-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A16%3A00-16%3A59%3A%3A30%3A00-44%3A59, accessed 29 March 2025.

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