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CASE57865: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 9 March 1624 at 09:00

RN Mres Iohan Præscot of Holborne 54 y march 9 ♂ h. 9 ant m. 1624. still mutch plexed in mynd & still payned in her head /℞ to write to her by the next Caryer./\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 102v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (UncategorisedMind)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE58110: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Mary Burgoyne (PERSON45287)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1624 at 12:30

RN Mres Burgayne \of/ Sutton 56|4| Ap. 9 ♀ h. 12. 30 p m 1624

head neck

would take a litle physick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 138r (upper left part of page)

Old Mrs Mary Burgoyne (PERSON45287)

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

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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

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CASE58539: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Colebeck [Colby] (PERSON46539)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1624 at 11:50

RN Thomas Colbecke of Tempsford 54 y may 26 ☿ h 11 50 ant m 1624 |head ill stomack|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 203r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr Thomas Colebeck [Colby] (PERSON46539)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(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-patient-age-band=050-059%3A%3A54;f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f26-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20413, accessed 11 April 2025.

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