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CASE23110: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tossle (PERSON60354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1630 at 10:30

RN Elis: Tossle of yardly Gubbin 38 y octob. 6 ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1630

5 weekes ill legs mightely hoaven a great cough cānot sleepe her belly & thigh wer swelled but now are not

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 168r (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Tossle (PERSON60354)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems  (Sleeplessness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

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

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

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CASE57709: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne Matthews (PERSON33108)

Question asked by the patient on 21 February 1624 at 08:00

RN Goody Mathew of Newp 38 y febr 21 h {sic} hor. 8. 30 ant m 1624. |now her head & eares ill cānot sleepe|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 78v (upper left part of page)

Goody Anne Matthews (PERSON33108)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems  (Sleeplessness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f32-patient-age-band=030-039%3A%3A38;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 18 April 2025.

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