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CASE59704: Horary consultation concerning Mr Benjamin Hall (PERSON50643)

Question asked by the patient on 26 January 1625 at 11:15

RN Mr Hales the Earlle of Kents baylye Ian 26 ☿ h. 11 15 ant m 1625. /had a vomyt & a purge of me\ head litle mended 49. y. yet pils he took of Mr Windg every night paynd in his head about seaven

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 151v (upper left part of page)

Mr Benjamin Hall (PERSON50643)

Medical >Treatment  (Treatment follow-upRequesting treatment )

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

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

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

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CASE11604: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Mead (PERSON14095)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1598 at 07:45

RN Elisab. Mead servant of 22 y of Newp. craveth a remedy for her deafnes & paine of her head the 8 of Aug die ♂ h. 7. 4 {2}|5| mi. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Mead (PERSON14095)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment )

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Hearing problems (Deafness)

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Recipe 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?f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APain;f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3ARequesting%20treatment;f26-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff, accessed 10 April 2025.

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