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CASE57567: Horary consultation concerning William Frank (PERSON49317)

Question asked by the patient on 4 January 1624 at 08:30

RN Will franke a t|p|oor mā fall of scabs & sore & buches {sic} all over like a lazer Ian: 4. ☉ 8 30 ant m. 1623 {sic} |60 y|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 54v (upper left part of page)

William Frank (PERSON49317)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Lumps )

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

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

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CASE46555: Horary consultation concerning Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1618 at 11:00

RN Mary farrow of Earles Barton was 14 y last twelfday last the morne after on satterday morning in ye morning before day came to me for her right hand broken out like a great bloody sore & vnder her armes wth bunches thighes & hips wth many issues all looke red & bloody hād swelleth mutch may 5 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618.

was full of bleatch being a child & was noynted & neaver sinc well.

kings evill hath bene wth the king but smal amendmēt

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 85v (upper right part of page)

Mary Farrar (PERSON30291)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Lumps )

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALumps;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3ASkin, accessed 20 March 2025.

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