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CASE18813: Horary consultation concerning Richard Chad (PERSON10395)

Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1601 at 11:25

RN Richard Chad of Woufton of the Greene. 58 Ian. 20 die ♂ hor 11. 15 20|5| ant m. 1601 for a swyming in his head

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (bottom left part of page)

Richard Chad (PERSON10395)

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

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CASE12444: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Berry (PERSON9678)

Question asked by Mr George Berry (PERSON9673) on 12 May 1599 at 11:15

RN Mr George Burye for his wife troubled wth melancholy & sudden passions. troubled wth windines & payne in her stomacke & dissynes in her head. May. the 12. die ♄. h. 11. 15 ant m. 1599.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160v (upper right part of page)

Mr George Berry (PERSON9673)Mrs Mary Berry (PERSON9678)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Melancholy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE49343: Horary consultation concerning Joan Bundy (PERSON28533)

Question asked by the patient on 27 July 1619 at 11:20

RN Ione Bundea a widow womā of Roxon 50 y Iuly 27. ♂ h. 11. 20 ant m 1619. |head & stomacke & is very sick & weake.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 120v (bottom left part of page)

Joan Bundy (PERSON28533)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

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CASE25483: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Slyddam (PERSON35385)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1610 at 11:15

RN mres Slyddā of Olnye 70 y octob. 13 h {sic} hor. 10|1|. 15. ant m 16i0

payned in her hed ready to stagger & swound.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 138r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Slyddam (PERSON35385)

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

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

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

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

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CASE49617: Horary consultation concerning Joan Barwell (PERSON27830)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1619 at 11:25

RN Ione Barwell of Wilsomsteede 40 y sept 6. ☾ h. 11. 25 ant m 16i9 it tooke her yest was a fortnight in the morning very sick & keepeth her bed & apt to swound a thing rising in her stomacke like an Impostume

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Joan Barwell (PERSON27830)

Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessBedridden)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

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

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CASE10829: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1600 between 09:00 and 11:20

RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. yt wch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers watr to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 106v (bottom left part of page)

Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Payment

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-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A11%3A00-11%3A59%3A%3A15%3A00-29%3A59;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint, accessed 20 March 2025.

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