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CASE16979: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Stap (PERSON16130)

Question asked by the patient on 22 May 1602 at 07:45

RN Elisabeth Step of Dunsanger 17 y. {m} {sic} ♄ hor. 7. 45. ant m. 1602. vseth lightly every moneth to breake out wth a white scab over face head armes feete & eares. Maij 22 ♄.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 54r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Stap (PERSON16130)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

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

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

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

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CASE11029: Horary consultation concerning Richard Bricknell (PERSON9989)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1600 at 12:00

RN Richard Bricknell of Simpson. 17. Iuly 10 die ♃ h. 12. payned in t|h|is shoulders armes neck leg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 135v (bottom right part of page)

Richard Bricknell (PERSON9989)

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

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

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

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

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CASE24078: Horary consultation concerning Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1614 at 15:00

RN Rose lord of Densanger 14 \13./ y novēb 8 ♂ h 8 3 p m 1614 |had the kings evill 5 days {sic} yeres ill.| |first her hand began to swell & then her arme & then her necke|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 117v (upper right part of page)

Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Angelic consultationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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CASE65544: Horary consultation concerning John Parkins (PERSON56131)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1628 at 09:00

RN Iohn Parkins of Moulsoe 17 y March. 17 ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628 had a blyst in his neck & wrests

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 131r (upper right part of page)

John Parkins (PERSON56131)

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

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

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

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

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CASE12152: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:15

RN Agnes Parsons of Broughton. 12 yers old. hed f & armes and legs payned prick as nedles fearfull tymorous hed & backe 11. 15. mi. 1599 very hot burning. a meaden vnmaried

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 113v (upper right part of page)

Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

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

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

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Fear)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

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CASE16946: Horary consultation concerning Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1602 at 09:36

RN wheathr her Daught Iane walbancke 15. y maij 18 ♂ h. 9. 36. ant m 1602 armes shoulders blewe spots leeke scabs on her legs.1

Notes:

1 ‘back head shoulders armes.’ supralinear

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 48r (bottom left part of page)

Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

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?f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AArms;f25-querent-age-band=010-019;f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 19 March 2025.

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