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CASE18466: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Chester (PERSON10459)

Question asked by the patient on 28 December 1602 at 14:00

GJ Elsabeth Chester. of Olney 17 y Decemb. 28 ♂ ho 2. p m. a breaking out in her leggꝭ and itching over her hole body

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 277v (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Chester (PERSON10459)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch )

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE17477: Horary consultation concerning Alice Howse (PERSON12996)

Question asked by the patient on 8 July 1602 at 16:00

RN Alce Howes his wife 44 y at the same tyme for a great swelling & itching heate & pimpels in her face. Iuly 8 ♃ hor 4. p m 1602.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

Alice Howse (PERSON12996)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Itch )

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

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

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

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?f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body%3A%3ASkin;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AItch;f37-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20221, accessed 18 April 2025.

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