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CASE57060: Horary consultation concerning Mr Walker (PERSON60966)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1623 at 15:30

RN Mr Walker of Sutton 52 y sept 10 ☿ h 3. 30 p m 1623

for the wyndynes of the spleene

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 215r (upper right part of page)

Mr Walker (PERSON60966)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Spleen )

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

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CASE56376: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1623 at 18:00

RN The Lady \Mary/ Hartop cōpl of her miserab estate splene mother back stomack liver & cā take no rest nor walk May 23. ♀ h. 6. p m 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 112r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Spleen Womb, matrix, motherBackStomachLiver)

Medical >Treatment (Whether to be let blood)

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?f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ASpleen;f30-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20218;f31-treatment=Yes, accessed 20 March 2025.

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