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CASE18922: Horary consultation concerning Francis Matthews (PERSON14066)

Question asked by the patient on 17 February 1601 at 14:30

RN Fraincis Mathew mr Newtons curate of Stoe 41 y. feb. 17 die ♂ hor 2. 30 p m. 160i. hath the dropsye.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 34v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Francis Matthews (PERSON14066)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

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

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CASE20278: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1602 at 08:30

RN Williā Barton of Newporte a husb. man. 31 y. Ian. 22 ♀ hor. 8. 30. ant m. 16021

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Dropsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 271v (upper left part of page)

Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentOutcome(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?f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ADropsy;f30-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f31-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2005, accessed 19 March 2025.

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