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CASE54612: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Baker (PERSON27627)

Question asked by the patient on 13 July 1622 at 12:00

RN Elis. Baker of Woburne 40. y. Iuly. 13. h {sic} hor 12 1622. the kings evill vnder her throate she was wth the king but neaver the better./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 188r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Baker (PERSON27627)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

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

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

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CASE54286: Horary consultation concerning Hall (PERSON50673)

Question asked by Goodman Hall (PERSON50635) on 25 May 1622 at 08:20

RN Goodmā Hall for his daughter 18 y of Stony stratford may 25 h {sic} hor. 8 \20/ ant m 1622 for the kings evill1

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘kings evill in her neck & left breast’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 125v (upper left part of page)

Goodman Hall (PERSON50635)Hall (PERSON50673)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Scrofula )

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Breasts)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AScrofula;f26-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20223;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AThroat%20and%20mouth, accessed 20 March 2025.

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