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CASE24078: Horary consultation concerning Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1614 at 15:00

RN Rose lord of Densanger 14 \13./ y novēb 8 ♂ h 8 3 p m 1614 |had the kings evill 5 days {sic} yeres ill.| |first her hand began to swell & then her arme & then her necke|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 117v (upper right part of page)

Rose Lord (PERSON32792)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Angelic consultationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE18118: Horary consultation concerning John Burton (PERSON10225)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1602 at 15:00

GJ Iohn Burton of Haversham 30 y. Octob. 18 ☾ ho 3. p m was bruised wth a lifte

spittes clottered bloud very blacke lyes very hard in his throte./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 227r (upper right part of page)

John Burton (PERSON10225)

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (BruisesSpitting blood)

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment Judgment PaymentOutcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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;f4-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded;f5-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A15%3A00-15%3A59, accessed 4 March 2025.

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