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CASE62584: Horary consultation concerning James Middleton (PERSON14141)

Question asked by the patient on 12 December 1626 at 11:20

RN Iames Mydleton of Emmerton 55 y Decēb 12 ♂ h. 11. 3|2|0 ant m 1626.

chest stuffed extreme cough1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘ptysick.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 249r (upper right part of page)

James Middleton (PERSON14141)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems  (StuffedCoughPhthisis)

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

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CASE62497: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1626 at 13:00

RN Mres Blowfild of flitwick 60. y. may 30. ♂ h. 1. p m 1626. |{v}e\r/y shortwyded|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘very shortwyded.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 230r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Frances Blowfild [Old Mrs Blowfild] (PERSON28164)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)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?f24-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1626;f26-info=Astrological%20chart%3A%3APresent;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ARespiratory%20problems, accessed 19 March 2025.

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