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CASE13890: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Davers (PERSON11170)

Question asked by the patient on 5 July 1603 at 15:40

RN Mres Dorothy Davers 13. Iuly 5. ♂ hor 3. 40. p m. 1603. hyps & hed canot stand faynt feeble stomacke.

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 59r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Dorothy Davers (PERSON11170)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Cannot stand)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

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CASE11976: Horary consultation concerning John Cosins (PERSON10943)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1599 at 07:00

RN Iohn Cozens troubled wth a shaking & sometimes burning after the shaking ague cōplayneth most of hed. & a litle his belly on day well anothr {sic} ill. feb 25. die ☉. h. 7. 30. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 86r (upper right part of page)

John Cosins (PERSON10943)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

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

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?f20-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f21-patient-age-band=010-019%3A%3A13;f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 26 January 2025.

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