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CASE14578: Horary consultation concerning Old Mr James Farnwell (PERSON11652)

Question asked by the patient on 6 March 1603 at 14:36

GJ Old Farnell of Lowton March 6. ☉ ho. 2. 36 p m. 1603. For a canker or noli metang’ on his nose

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 16v (bottom left part of page)

Old Mr James Farnwell (PERSON11652)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses  (Canker )

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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CASE28367: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rawlins (PERSON20589)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21460) on 11 March 1605 at 18:00

GJ 1605 Martij 11 ☾ ho 6. p {m} Quæritr Rawlins de Linford magna ætate 50 vtꝝ curabilis sit cancer in mamm|ill|a sinistra nec ne

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 2v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON21460)Goody Rawlins (PERSON20589)

Medical >Current state (Curable)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses  (Canker )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Breasts)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f23-damaged=No;f24-hands=Mr%20Gerence%20James%20%5BMarks%5D;f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses%3A%3ACanker, accessed 10 April 2025.

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