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CASE11770: Horary consultation concerning Alice Knight (PERSON13474)

Question asked by Goody Balle (PERSON9397) on 30 October 1598 at 12:00

RN \Alce Knight./ Baal Goody Baal for Rogar Knights wif of Newport Lathbury 40 yeres old Alce Knight in childbed this month. not hart sicke but taken wth a shivering in the bottome of her bodye & so cometh vpwards yt shee cannot hold still her mouthe shee doth shiver exceedingly it holdeth all day & night. wth some litle intermission. nor|t| hart sick nor any other where but wth yt shivering not churched. Octob. 30. die ☾. h. 12. 1598. her teeth chatter in her hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 46r (upper left part of page)

Goody Balle (PERSON9397)Alice Knight (PERSON13474)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body  (Everywhere)

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

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CASE11739: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Rowe (PERSON15490)

Question asked by the patient on 9 October 1598 at 11:30

RN Mres Rowe came to Newport & sent Goodmā Cowly of Newport to request me to come vnto her for shee hath a sore legs exceedingly swollen & nothing broken out they glister. Octob. 9. die {☾} h. 11. 30.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘legs swollen.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 41r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Rowe (PERSON15490)

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

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body  (Skin)

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?f4-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f5-date=1590-1599%3A%3A1598%3A%3A10;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body, accessed 24 January 2025.

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