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CASE55172: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39193)

Question asked by Dr Richard Spicer (PERSON35639) on 24 October 1622 at 21:00

RN D Spicer vtrū mulier laborat fætu vl Hydropide almost a yere great octob 24 ♃ h. 9 p m. 1622 \in london./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 97r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Dr Richard Spicer (PERSON35639)Anonymous (PERSON39193)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

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

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CASE53765: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Wilson (PERSON36912)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Wyn [Old Mr Wyn] (PERSON37135) on 26 March 1622 at 11:20

RN Mr Wyne for his sonne in lawe Mr Wylson. 32 y march. 26 ♂ h. 11. 20 ant m. 1622. /a Dropsy & a cōsūption feared, is mutch pyned & wasted in his legs & nowe cānot eat\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 33v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr Thomas Wyn [Old Mr Wyn] (PERSON37135)Mr John Wilson (PERSON36912)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (ConsumedPiningWasting)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ADropsy;f42-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1622;f43-patient-knowledge=Not%20specified, accessed 16 April 2025.

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