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CASE11995: Horary consultation concerning Goody Ellen Roberts (PERSON15376)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1599 at 08:30

RN Ellen Robarts at 8. 30 mi a stitch on her side & goeth downe to her flancke ready to stop her winde.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 88v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Goody Ellen Roberts (PERSON15376)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems  (Ready to stop her/his wind)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches  (Stitch )

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

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

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CASE32123: Horary consultation concerning Robert Coursey (PERSON22710)

Question asked by the patient on 20 September 1607 at 15:30

RN Robart Course of Emmerton 20 y a serv. Sept 20. ☉ h. 3 \30/ p m 1607 |ever sinc thursday would cough but is so payned vnder his left syde wth a sore stitche|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 280r (bottom left part of page)

Robert Coursey (PERSON22710)

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches  (Stitch )

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

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?f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APain;f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AGripings%2C%20gnawings%20and%20stitches%3A%3AStitch;f35-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ARespiratory%20problems, accessed 29 March 2025.

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