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CASE50330: Horary consultation concerning John Amyas (PERSON27374)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 10:40

RW Iohn Amyas of Southhill in Bedford sheire. y. 65. d. ☾. h: 10. 40 ant. m: Feb. 28. 1620. ill sinc Tuesday \Fryday/ last. cannot vomite nor goe to the stoole. Eateth nothinge: drinketh sometimes. Cryeth out of his body; sleepeth not.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (middle left part of page)

John Amyas (PERSON27374)

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

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

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE14578: Horary consultation concerning Old Mr James Farnwell (PERSON11652)

Question asked by the patient on 6 March 1603 at 14:36

GJ Old Farnell of Lowton March 6. ☉ ho. 2. 36 p m. 1603. For a canker or noli metang’ on his nose

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 16v (bottom left part of page)

Old Mr James Farnwell (PERSON11652)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Canker)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f5-patient-age-band=060-069%3A%3A65;f6-astrologer=Other, accessed 19 March 2025.

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