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CASE66362: Prescription for Mr Anthony King (PERSON52933)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 15 June 1628 at 16:00

RN For Mr kings disease wch seemeth to be a spice of the mother. Iune 15 ☉ h. 4. p m 1628 sinc will Harryson his mā told me so mutch.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 72v (bottom left part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Mr Anthony King (PERSON52933)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Womb, matrix, mother)

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

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CASE65430: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Warren (PERSON61178)

Question asked by Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280) on 25 February 1628 at 13:00

RN Mr Boaths mā came for the gentlewomā \Mres Warren/ sick of the mother feb 25. ♂ h. 1. p. m. 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 113v (bottom right part of page)

Mr William Bouth (PERSON28280)Mrs Warren (PERSON61178)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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CASE38122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Hudson (PERSON31925)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37526) on 13 May 1611 at 10:15

RN Mr Hudsons man for his master tooke a fall at Tiddington frō a house & fell downe. may 13 ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m 1611 & he felt on his hed belly swelleth & legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 97r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37526)Mr Robert Hudson (PERSON31925)

Medical  (Trauma)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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

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?f37-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f38-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff%3A%3AServants%3A%3AMan%20%28servant%29;f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 19 April 2025.

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