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CASE18941: Horary consultation concerning Joan Coast (PERSON10682) and Alice Wheeler (PERSON17014)

Question asked by Joan Coast (PERSON10682) and Alice Wheeler (PERSON17014) on 21 February 1601 at 13:00

RN Ione Coast of Marsten 8 75. y feb. 21. die ♄ hor. 1: p m. 1601 payned in her hed & eyes ca scarse see.

Alce Wheeler of Cranfild 23. y. d|f|eb. 21. die ♄ hor. 1. p. m. 1601 in her armes & legs cannot styrre. backe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 38r (upper left part of page)

Joan Coast (PERSON10682)Alice Wheeler (PERSON17014)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eye troubles (Eyesight)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)

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

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CASE13020: Horary consultation concerning Goody Taylor (PERSON16347)

Question asked by the patient on 23 January 1600 at 13:00

RN Goody Tealer of 70 y old of harsom taken with a deadly palsie in her syde & tounge. came to me for helpe. Ian. die ☿ h. 1. p m. Ian. 23. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 260r (upper left part of page)

Goody Taylor (PERSON16347)

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

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

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

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

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CASE26414: Horary consultation concerning Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Question asked by Mr Meridale (PERSON62715) on 6 March 1615 at 13:00

RW Mr Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41v (upper centre part of page)

Mr Meridale (PERSON62715)Mr Lawrence Meridale (PERSON33194)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (StomachBack)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (StuffedCough)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE48403: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Blundell (PERSON9815)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1619 at 13:00

RN old Mr Blundle of Cardington 79 y march 16 ♂ h. 1. p m 1619

eys hot & rheumatick chest back

many tymes sick but still recoavereth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 203v (upper right part of page)

Mr John Blundell (PERSON9815)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (ChestBack)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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CASE11399: Horary consultation concerning Goody Pickering (PERSON14911)

Question asked by the patient on 10 November 1600 at 13:30

RN Goody Pickering an old womā 70 y of Alderten. novemb 10 ☾ h. 1. 30 p m troubled wth a drye cough. & an arising in the bottome of her belly. & so at her harte

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 192v (upper right part of page)

Goody Pickering (PERSON14911)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BellyHeart)

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

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-patient-age-band=070-079;f5-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A13%3A00-13%3A59, accessed 5 March 2025.

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