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CASE12754: Horary consultation concerning Robert Linford (PERSON13718)

Question asked by John Chambers (PERSON10408) on 28 September 1599 at 12:15

RN Robart Linford of I {sic} St Iones in Bedford. vrbi divini prco. 60 yeres quā invalidus. p{u}la paralisi mortua laborat. septemb 28. die ♀. h. 12. 15 p {sic}. 1599.

Chambers son of St Maries in bedford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 210v (upper left part of page)

John Chambers (PERSON10408)Robert Linford (PERSON13718)

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

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

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CASE65223: Decumbiture for Sir William Samuell (PERSON25233)

Question asked by the patient on 21 January 1628 at 09:00

RN fell sick on satt last betwixt 11 & 12. & is sorely payned & cānot hath no vse of his lims & cānot styr him selfe & swoundeth often

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 67r (upper right, and bottom right parts of page)

Sir William Samuell (PERSON25233)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Cannot use part)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s) 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?f38-patient-age-band=060-069;f39-info=Outcome%28s%29;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 4 April 2025.

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