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CASE68187: Horary consultation concerning Reade (PERSON57394)

Question asked by the patient on 15 April 1629 at 14:00

RN Rhead of \litle/ Linford 27 Ap 15 ☿ h. 2 p m. 1629 for a surfet & now a great breaking out in his hands & body wth scabs & heate

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 139r (upper right part of page)

Reade (PERSON57394)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Surfeit)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)

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

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

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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  (Hands ArmsThighsHips)

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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3ASkin;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AHands, accessed 15 March 2025.

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