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CASE78280: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Archer [the younger] (PERSON42833) and Mr Timothy Archer (PERSON42832)

Question asked by Mrs Archer [the younger] (PERSON42833) on 20 September 1633 at 08:30

RN Mres Archer the younger 29 y sept 20. ♀ h 8. 30 ant m 1633. /wynd cholick a weake backe wth whitꝭ & red\

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Archer & mrs Archer boath troubled wth melanch. sept: 20.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 455 (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mrs Archer [the younger] (PERSON42833)Mr Timothy Archer (PERSON42832)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (WindColic)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Whites, the)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Melancholy)

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

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CASE16542: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Saxbey (PERSON15637) and Saxbey (PERSON18791) and Saxbey (PERSON15635)

Question asked by Saxbey (PERSON15635) on 31 January 1605 at 12:00

GJ Thomas Saxby of Hartwell 20 y. Ian: 31 ♃ ho. 12 in mer. 1605 A payne in his backe and bones

[Astrological Chart]

Quærit vtꝝ morbo gallico laboret

His father brought his water togither wth his owne and his wives. he feares that he tooke the disease by one that breathed in his face about michelmas

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 235r (bottom left part of page)

Saxbey (PERSON15635)Thomas Saxbey (PERSON15637)Saxbey (PERSON18791)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Morbus gallicus)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) 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?f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f37-querent-is-asking-about=Self%20and%20others;f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 25 March 2025.

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