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CASE59920: Horary consultation concerning William Blea (PERSON9790)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1625 at 17:20

RN Will: Blea of this towne march. 16 ☿. h. 5. 20 a|p| m 1625 his legs benūmd & deadish

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 11v (upper left part of page)

William Blea (PERSON9790)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Legs )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

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

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CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15

RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die ☾. h. 10. 15. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (LimbsLegs Arms)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Numbness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Head (passions)Heaviness)

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?f27-patient-age-band=020-029;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ANumbness;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs, accessed 1 April 2025.

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