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CASE22355: Horary consultation concerning Dye Wright (PERSON62351)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1630 at 11:30

RN Dye Right of Olny 35 \35/. y. had 2 child at on birth. a month sinc Iuly 3. h. 11 30 ant m 1630 |newly brought a bed of 2 child| /boath legs excedingly swelled white {marck} very hard\ /a hot rheume at her mouth & so scalding\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 48v (bottom left part of page)

Dye Wright (PERSON62351)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Rheumy (Rheum)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning )

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

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CASE51808: Horary consultation concerning Perses Croutch (PERSON47367)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1620 at 14:00

RW Peircie Crouch of Toceter y: 33 \33/ d. ☾. h: 2. p: m: Nouemb. 20. 1620. Burneth verie much in her stomacke \bodie/ & mouth. hath had much physicke frō Mr Iames yet not the better. was also let blood. can take no rest. had a Clyster lately. ill a moneth. keepe her bed a fortnight

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 13r (bottom right part of page)

Perses Croutch (PERSON47367)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE41780: Horary consultation concerning Amy Wethered (PERSON36683)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1615 at 16:00

RN Amy Weatherhead 20 y Ap. 27. ♃ h.       p m. 1615. /payned on the left syde of her neck wth great pricking burneth but sweateth not.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 4r (upper right part of page)

Amy Wethered (PERSON36683)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning )

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

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CASE43280: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Shortread (PERSON25367)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1616 at 09:30

RN Ione Shortread of Newp 37 y Ap. 27. h {sic} hor. 9 30 ant m 16i6. |a burning in her hands & body all over neck & legs|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 72v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Joan Shortread (PERSON25367)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning )

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)

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

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

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

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CASE12474: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Freebody (PERSON11943)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1599 at 07:30

RN Agnes free{s}|b|odye of Grafton of 50 y. took her as an ague wth a great burning in her back & hed & hath red sp spots li{ve} leeke pimpels hades {sic} necke & face. 17 of may. h. 7. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 165v (upper right part of page)

Agnes Freebody (PERSON11943)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed  (Burning )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Spots)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-querent-sex=Female;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABurning%20and%20inflamed%3A%3ABurning;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AThroat%20and%20mouth, accessed 20 March 2025.

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