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CASE14911: Horary consultation concerning Alice Lord (PERSON13790)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1603 at 10:30

GJ Alice Lord of Kempson 25 y. May 5 ♃ ho. 10 30 a m. 1603

Keepeth her bed, trembles very much, A great payne in her backe her right hand and right arme swelled. Cryes of her bones and every where about in great payne./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 64r (upper left part of page)

Alice Lord (PERSON13790)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment Judgment Payment Astrological Chart

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CASE12186: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Dorman (PERSON11350)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 11:10

RN Isbell Dorman of CastleThrop. 15 |50| yeres old. growing on her this 3 yeres cometh on her wth a flushing heate yt on drop followeth anothr {lyi}eth in her bones & hart & every place. Dareth not to eate her meate. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 11. 10 m. ant m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119r (upper left part of page)

Isabel Dorman (PERSON11350)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Flushing)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)

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

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;f27-info=Payment;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3ABones, accessed 18 March 2025.

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