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CASE32871: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1599 at 07:45

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. ☾ h. 7. 45 ant m 15991

[Astrological Chart]

asketh what it is yt lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the mothr & tooke her sinc her last child. wth a cold.

Notes:

1 ‘mother.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 42r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellySide(s)Back Womb, matrix, mother)

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

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

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CASE41448: Horary consultation concerning Joan Harris (PERSON31418)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1613 at 07:45

RN Ione Harrys of this towne Robart \Smyths/ wifes sister 26|7| y may 30. ☉ h. 7. 45. ant m. 1613. |back left syde chest wth a great gryping|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 137v (bottom left part of page)

Joan Harris (PERSON31418)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Side(s)Chest)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

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

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CASE19302: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Hartwell (PERSON12604)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1601 at 07:45

RN Harry hartwell of Stockgoldinge. 18 y Ap. 28 die ♂ Apr. 160i full of aches in his armes thighes backe & legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 98v (upper left part of page)

Henry [Harry] Hartwell (PERSON12604)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

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

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-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A07%3A00-07%3A59%3A%3A45%3A00-59%3A59;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 15 March 2025.

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