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CASE10577: Horary consultation concerning Robert Billington (PERSON9710)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1600 between 09:30 and 10:00

RN Robart Billingdon of Bletchly. long troubled wth a tertian ague his last physicke went vpward but not downeward

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 69v (bottom left part of page)

Robert Billington (PERSON9710)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

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

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CASE10701: Horary consultation concerning George Adams (PERSON9032)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1600 at 09:45

RN George Adams of Thoreburrowe 27. 7. may die ☿ h. 9. 45. ant m 1600 falling sicknes.//

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 87r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

George Adams (PERSON9032)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness)

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

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CASE10842: Horary consultation concerning Judith Piggot (PERSON14941) and Piggot (PERSON14913)

Question asked by Piggot (PERSON14913) and Judith Piggot (PERSON14941) on 14 June 1600 at 10:25

RN Iudith Piggot 16 y for ye greene sicknes & syncope |& her father for him selfe| Iune 14. die ♄ hor 10. 20|5| ant m. 1600 |pater seipso.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 108v (upper left part of page)

Piggot (PERSON14913)Judith Piggot (PERSON14941)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Green sickness)

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

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

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CASE10832: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589) and John Harrison (PERSON12581)

Question asked by Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589) on 13 June 1600 at 11:40

RN Iohn Harrison of lit Woocom. 8 y. Iune 13 die ♀ h. 11. 40 ant m. 1600 payned in ye head & belly. his fathr gone from his mother.

Ellen Harrison 50 y. hath to many of ye whites

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 107r (bottom left part of page)

Ellen Harrison (PERSON12589)John Harrison (PERSON12581)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Whites, the)

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

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CASE10134: Horary consultation concerning Ralph Warren (PERSON16829) and Thomas Knight (PERSON13459)

Question asked by Ralph Warren (PERSON16829) and Thomas Knight (PERSON13459) on 6 March 1600 at 08:00

RN Ralfe Warren of Stockgolding 24. y a batcheler. sicke this moneth came leek an ague. casteth vp every thinge. March. 6 die ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1600.

Thomas knight 30 yeres old a batcheler. March 6. die ♃ ♄ {sic} 8 ant m. 1600 a {illeg} gnawing at his harth as it were chest wormes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 6v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Ralph Warren (PERSON16829)Thomas Knight (PERSON13459)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentPrevious 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f25-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2004;f26-info=Previous%20consultation%28s%29, accessed 20 March 2025.

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