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CASE26354: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503)

Question asked by the patient on 4 June 1605 at 08:15

RN Dna Leate Londinensis 4 Iu\n/ij ♂ h. 8. 15. ant m 1605.

the cause of her slepish heavynes hed browe & eys.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 11r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleepiness)

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

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

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CASE26355: Horary consultation concerning Richard Martin (PERSON62713)

Question asked by the patient on 8 June 1605 at 05:00

RN Richard Martyn serv to my brothr Sandye quærit causā of the stinking smell {sic} \rheume & breaking out/ of his hed & nostrel|s| Iune 8 ♄ hor. 5. ant m 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 11r (upper right part of page)

Richard Martin (PERSON62713)

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)

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

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

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

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CASE26409: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Valentine (PERSON62807)

Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1615 at 14:00

RW Margaret Valentine of Turuie. y. 30. d. ♃. h: 2. p. m: Ianuary. 19. 1615. An high water. her stomack gone. pained in stomacke & head.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (bottom centre part of page)

Margaret Valentine (PERSON62807)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE26480: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Aylet (PERSON62542)

Question asked by the patient between 20 November 1638 and 24 November 1638

SRN |mrs| Elisabeth Aylet.

troubled a Rheume in her head & eyes. face swells sometymes.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 196r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Aylet (PERSON62542)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment

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CASE26414: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Question asked by Mr Meridale (PERSON62715) on 6 March 1615 at 13:00

RW Mr Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41v (upper centre part of page)

Mr Meridale (PERSON62715)Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (StomachBack)

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

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) 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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20204;f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 11 January 2025.

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