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CASE12099: Horary consultation concerning Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 16:20

RN Margery Clark a midwife of Stony stratford sick at hart yt shee cannot speake can scarce travell her thighes & legs doe swell. 51. a thick white puddle watr. March. 19. die ☾ h. 4. 20. m. p. m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (bottom left part of page)

Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Sickness (passions)Sick at heart)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

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

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

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

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CASE28584: Horary consultation concerning Joan Swanell (PERSON20913)

Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1605 at 08:00

RN Ione Swanell of Padbery 51 y Apr 10 ☿. h. 8 ant m. 1605. |a mydwife|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 33r (upper right part of page)

Joan Swanell (PERSON20913)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Previous consultation(s)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?f41-patient-sex=Female;f42-querent-age-band=050-059%3A%3A51;f43-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AMedical%20practitioners%3A%3AMidwife, accessed 3 April 2025.

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