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CASE38444: Horary consultation concerning Avis Bradbury (PERSON28306)

Question asked by the patient on 25 July 1611 at 09:00

RN Avys Bradbery was prtely mended wth her playster. & after the playster it went downe into her legs & instep & now is sick at harte Iuly 25. 1611 h. 9 ant m 1611.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 135r (bottom left part of page)

Avis Bradbury (PERSON28306)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Heart)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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CASE38537: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Taylor (PERSON35922)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1611 at 09:00

RN Thomas Tayler of Wing 65 y Aug. 14. ☿. h. 9 ant m 1611. swelled in his body & his legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 145r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Thomas Taylor (PERSON35922)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

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

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

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CASE38150: Horary consultation concerning Nicholas Wise (PERSON36977)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1611 at 17:00

U[1611–2] Nich: wise of Kimolton. May. 14. h. 4|5|. p. m. 23|4|. y. a shooting in his arms & chest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 99v (upper left part of page)

Nicholas Wise (PERSON36977)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest)

Practitioner: Unidentified (1611–1612) (PERSON27036) Treatment Payment

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CASE38122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Hudson (PERSON31925)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37526) on 13 May 1611 at 10:15

RN Mr Hudsons man for his master tooke a fall at Tiddington frō a house & fell downe. may 13 ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m 1611 & he felt on his hed belly swelleth & legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 97r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37526)Mr Robert Hudson (PERSON31925)

Medical  (Trauma)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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

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CASE39004: Horary consultation concerning Old Sumner (PERSON35849)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1611 at 08:30

RN Old Sūner of Woulvrton Decēb. 27 ♀. h. 8. 30. ant m. 1611 80 y

fortnigt amis frō lame frō the short ribs t|d|owne to his knes & cā take no rest but is mightely tormented as on yt were taken.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 208v (upper left part of page)

Old Sumner (PERSON35849)

Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

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

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

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CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)

Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 ☿. h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483)Barnes (PERSON27777)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellyBack)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2020;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 26 February 2025.

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