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CASE55541: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Reeve [Warren] (PERSON57469)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1623 at 15:25

RN my Cosen Warren \Reeve/ sent me a letter Ian 25 h {sic} hor 3 \25/ p m 1623 last weeke voyded vp blood 3 tymes. to the quantity of halfe a pynt is very ill feaversh {sic} weake & feeble & cānot slepe

[Astrological Chart]

desyrous of some cordiall & of my advice

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 162r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Reeve [Warren] (PERSON57469)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Vomiting blood)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Medical  (Medical counsel )

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

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CASE13491: Horary consultation concerning Joan Smith (PERSON15961)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1598 at 08:00

RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheathr it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe yt shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die ♄. h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166r (upper part of page)

Joan Smith (PERSON15961)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatmentWhether to be let blood)

Medical  (Medical counsel )

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Back)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint;f41-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AMedical%20counsel, accessed 3 April 2025.

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