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CASE20080: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Perses Whaley (PERSON16998)

Question asked by Mr Whaley (PERSON16997) on 30 November 1601 at 09:45

RN Mr Whaly for his wife of Paulusperry novemb 30. ☉ ☾ hor. 9. 45 ant m. 1601

corde tremulo et mesiu sterilitate.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 240v (upper left part of page)

Mr Whaley (PERSON16997)Mrs Perses Whaley (PERSON16998)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Heart)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (No courses)

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

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CASE24427: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne Matthews (PERSON33108)

Question asked by Goody Shortread (PERSON35301) on 18 April 1615 at 17:00

RN Goody Shortread of Newp for her daughter |An Mathewe| so weake 28 y {illeg}|a|borteth termes a bad back Ap 18 ♂ h. 3. 40 p m 1615 5. p m. 1615 /hath misc of 2 & the 2|3| wch was betwixt was come to ye bearing & dyed wth stong {sic} labour as is thought. others think it never was still borne as the rest.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 180v (upper right part of page)

Goody Shortread (PERSON35301)Goody Anne Matthews (PERSON33108)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Miscarriage/abortion)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

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

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CASE59898: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Bletsoe (PERSON44283)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Bletsoe (PERSON44282) on 10 March 1625 at 12:30

RN Mr {illeg}|B|letsoe of Rusdon \ vxore vtrū sit gravida/ 22. y. ♃. h. 12. 30 p |m| 1625. /terms stopt about miklemas milke in her breast water & milke.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘quærit etiā an vtile sit ei sang miniere {sic}.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 7v (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Bletsoe (PERSON44282)Mrs Bletsoe (PERSON44283)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (No courses)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Breasts)

Medical >Treatment (Whether to be let blood)

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

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CASE79801: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

Question asked by Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479) on 24 November 1635 at 15:30

SRN Sister Ersfeild for my sister mytton 30. y. Novemb 24. ♂ h. 3. 30. p. m. 1635

a great weaknes in her back this 3. y. next Aug. much troubled with ye whites & reds.

hath miscarried. hath those continually which weaken

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 141r (upper part of page)

Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479)Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE18393: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Parker (PERSON14674) and Parker (PERSON14659)

Question asked by Margaret Parker (PERSON14674) on 11 December 1602 at 10:45

RN Margaret Parker of Woulverton 19 decēb. 11 hor. 10. 45. ant m. 1602. swelled in her bodye hath not her courses. her husb is troubled wth a megrym.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 266v (upper right part of page)

Margaret Parker (PERSON14674)Parker (PERSON14659)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (No courses)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Migraine)

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?f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems;f39-querent-is-asking-about=Others, accessed 14 April 2025.

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