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CASE65995: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Hearinge (PERSON19900)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1628 at 10:50

RN Mres Hearing of Buckinghā 58 y may 4 \5/ ☾ h. 10. 30 50 ant m 1628

face red & swelled all over

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 15v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Joan Hearinge (PERSON19900)

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

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

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

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CASE36694: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26941)

Question asked by the patient on 3 November 1609 at 12:38

RN a womā came to me for the king evill in her throat & syde of her face wch was exceding hard & full of holes novēb. 4 {sic} ♀ h. 12. 38 p m 1609 58 y had it halfe a yere.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘kings evill.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 182r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26941)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Throat and mouthFace)

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

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

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CASE47248: Horary consultation concerning Mr Ralph Matts (PERSON33124)

Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1618 at 10:00

RN Mr Ralph Mats of Whitechurch 58. y. Aug. 6 ♃ h. 10 ant m 1618. |left syde ill ill beneath his short ribs throate swelled|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 213r (upper left part of page)

Mr Ralph Matts (PERSON33124)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

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

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?f3-patient-age-band=050-059%3A%3A58;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 6 March 2025.

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