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CASE57827: Horary consultation concerning Goody Twynny (PERSON60645)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1624 at 13:39

RN Goody Twynye of Byssetour 35 y march 4 {illeg}|♃| h 1. 39 p m 1624 |a palsy.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 96v (upper left part of page)

Goody Twynny (PERSON60645)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Palsy)

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

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CASE58172: Horary consultation concerning Susan Fisher (PERSON49025)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1624 at 10:38

RN Susan fisher of Edgborough 35 y. Ap 13 ☾ \♂/ h 10 30|8| ant m. 1624 /vide Ap. 5/ 2 y lame in her ioynts\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 147v (upper right part of page)

Susan Fisher (PERSON49025)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Lameness)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f40-querent-age-band=030-039%3A%3A35;f41-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2038, accessed 11 April 2025.

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