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CASE18427: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Newman (PERSON14397)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1602 at 13:40

GJ Isabell Newman of Ashton 32 y. Decemb. 20 ☾ ho. 1. 40 p.m.

shortwinded a payne at her hart Cannot endure to go. very ill after she hath eaten any thing a meaden

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 272r (bottom right part of page)

Isabel Newman (PERSON14397)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

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

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

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CASE58542: Horary consultation concerning John Warren (PERSON61163)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1624 at 14:00

RN Iohn Warren of Olnye 17 y may. 26. ☿. h. 2 p m. 1624 ill sinc whitsontuesday very sore in all his body & cā scarce goe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 203v (upper left part of page)

John Warren (PERSON61163)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness )

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

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

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

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

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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking;f24-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ACannot%20walk;f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3AIllness, accessed 21 March 2025.

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