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CASE22222: Interrogation (Labour) concerning Frances Cooper (PERSON46970)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1630 at 06:20

RN In labour evꝭ sinc 3 |yesterday| on monday h. 3. ant m. sinc 12 yt afternoone the child styrreth not

Is in great payne & very sick Iune 20 ☾ \☉/ h. 15. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 30v (bottom left part of page)

Frances Cooper (PERSON46970)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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CASE28943: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 06:25

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 ☿ h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheathr shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone yt she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Medical >Treatment (Whether to be let blood)

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

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

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

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters;f5-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A06%3A00-06%3A59;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APain, accessed 5 February 2025.

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