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CASE46876: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Honour (PERSON12890)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1618 at 08:40

RN Goody Honour of Woulvrton 42 y Iune 17 {illeg}|☿| h. 8. 40 ant m 1618      hands benūmed

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 146r (upper left part of page)

Goody Elizabeth Honour (PERSON12890)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Numbness)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

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CASE79474: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1635 at 10:00

SRN Mrs Cotta of Coventry 40. y. August 22. ♄. h. 10. a. m. 1635.

[Astrological Chart]

Subject to bleeding, hath a burneinge in the insides of her hands & the Soles of her feete. desires my aduise whether it be good for to bleed either by Leeches or in her feete.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 236v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Hands Feet)

Medical  (Medical counsel)

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Astrological Chart

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CASE60412: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anderson (PERSON42687)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1625 at 11:25

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 ♀ h. 11 25 1625

wheathr leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 86r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Anderson (PERSON42687)

Medical >Treatment  (Treatment)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Hands Feet)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (ThirstyDry)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Personal affairs>Current state (Fortune)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE19522: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18453)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1601 at 06:30

RN a Poer wench of London wch was had a face swelled very hand {sic} & a hard {sic} greatly swelled. wch was broken wth pultisses came to knowe my counsell Iuly 5. & whenc it ceeded & what was good for it. Iune 17. die ☿ hor 6. 30 ant m. 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 136r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18453)

Medical  (Medical counselCause of the affliction)

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

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

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

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

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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?f29-time-of-day=AM;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AHands, accessed 19 March 2025.

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