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CASE66615: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) on 18 July 1628 at 05:00

RN The lady Iennings for her Daughter yt had the pox at the same tyme

for her eys had the smale pox.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 113v (bottom left part of page)

Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513)Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Pox)

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

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

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CASE67122: Horary consultation concerning Jane Carter (PERSON45701)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1628 at 09:15

RN Iane Carter of Bletsoe 21 y octob. 6. ☾ h. 9. 15 ant m 1628

troubled wth a rheume 4 y & maketh sore eyes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 277v (upper left part of page)

Jane Carter (PERSON45701)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f32-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1628;f33-time-of-day=AM;f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AEyes, accessed 20 March 2025.

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