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CASE11613: Horary consultation concerning Dr Robert Vilvayne (PERSON16704)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1598 at 14:00

RN Rob Vilveny. what his disease is or to what inclined & spec. what is good for his liver of 22 y. 9 Aug. h. 2 p m die ☿ 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch payned wth a megrim./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 12v (upper right part of page)

Dr Robert Vilvayne (PERSON16704)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Liver )

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Migraine)

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

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)

Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080)Anonymous (PERSON17772)Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Liver )

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

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy)

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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20228;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ALiver, accessed 20 March 2025.

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