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CASE50209: Horary consultation concerning John Field (PERSON30349)

Question asked by the patient on 27 January 1620 at 15:00

RN Iohn Field his sonne of Luton 14. y payned frō the head to the sole of the feete 2 days before newyers day. taken in a cold morning full of great wheales all over. his body as big as great beanes exceding poer & weake knoweth no body, nor can styr any te of his body very thirsty goeth to stoole well Ian 27 ♃ h. 3 p m 1620

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 118r (upper right part of page)

John Field (PERSON30349)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CASE41794: Horary consultation concerning John Newman (PERSON24618)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1615 at 16:30

RN Iohn Nuemā of Brodwell 14. y may 4 ♃ h. 4. 30 p m 16i5 swelled all over face body belly legs.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘swelled all over.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 6v (upper left part of page)

John Newman (PERSON24618)

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoBelly)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3AEverywhere;f25-querent-age-band=010-019;f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling, accessed 16 March 2025.

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