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CASE49012: Nativity for Mrs Jane Longueville (PERSON32782)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38638) on 15 June 1619 at 15:00

RN Mres Iane longevill of Brodwell borne 24. Ian. ♂ h. 4. p m 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a great belly’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 235, f. 48v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38638)Mrs Jane Longueville (PERSON32782)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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CASE51607: Nativity for Thomas Wentworth [Young Lord Wentworth] [Young Mr Thomas Wentworth] (PERSON36660)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39156) on 27 September 1620 between 10:38 and 11:45

RN Mr Thomas Wentworth hæros patris Dni. Lord Wentworth natus Ian. 16 h {sic} hor 7. 54 ant m 162 1613 /{Re}ctif Animodar./ mutch payned on the side & subiect to plurisyes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 414, f. 189r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39156)Thomas Wentworth [Young Lord Wentworth] [Young Mr Thomas Wentworth] (PERSON36660)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Pleurisy)

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

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CASE48569: Nativity for Thomas Malcot (PERSON32901)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38583) on 28 April 1619 at 11:00

RN Thomas Malcot of Bydnā 8 weekes Ap 28 ☿ h 11. ant m 1619

swelled ever sinc he was borne but swelleth more & more face hands & cods & swoundeth often {illeg}|b|orne fryday night about on in ye morning. last fryday

nata {sic} feb 26. ♀ h ♀ h. 13. p m. 1619

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 341r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38583)Thomas Malcot (PERSON32901)

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Genitalia)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)

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

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CASE73498: Nativity for Mary Rogers (PERSON57844)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41467) between 14 December 1631 at 23:39 and 15 December 1631 at 12:40

TG Mary Rogers \of North croly/ 7 annos nata die 15 xbris hor. 10. 3{illeg}|15| febris tertiana, convusionibꝯ {sic} ventris torminibus RN |cū consensu| TG

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 345 (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41467)Mary Rogers (PERSON57844)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Convulsions)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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CASE79998: Nativity for The old Sir Richard Spencer (PERSON16027)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON62836) between 22 April 1618 and 7 November 1624

RN Sr Rich: a wyndy payne in ye stomack rūing into the legs & thighes. wth great torture. & difficulty of making vryne stranguria timetr only in ye morning

/Sr Rich borne 2 days after Bartholtyde. 1553.\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 240, f. 132r (middle part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON62836)The old Sir Richard Spencer (PERSON16027)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Stomach)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)>Stone and strangury (Strangury)

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

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?f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f36-querent-identified=No;f37-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ANativity, accessed 29 March 2025.

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