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CASE58966: Horary consultation concerning Marge Davers (PERSON47578)

Question asked by the patient on 23 August 1624 at 08:00

RN Marg Davers of Husb Crowly 54 y. Aug. 23. ☾ h 8 ant m 1624

head back burning feaver1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘burning feaver’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 47r (bottom left part of page)

Marge Davers (PERSON47578)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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

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CASE64774: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Muskott (PERSON55125)

Question asked by Mrs Neale (PERSON55225) on 14 October 1627 at 15:30

RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 ☉ h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|

paynd wth a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch

1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall

would know wheathr she should be let blood

vide Octob. 11.

I receaved a nother lettr frō Mres Neale in her behalfe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 241v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Neale (PERSON55225)Mrs Muskott (PERSON55125)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellyBack )

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

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-upWhether to be let blood)

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

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-recipe=No;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFevers%2C%20chills%20and%20sweating%3A%3AFever;f24-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 25 February 2025.

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