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CASE34803: Horary consultation concerning Old Mr Thomas Trafford (PERSON25780)

Question asked by Mr John Wake [Old Mr Wake] (PERSON16719) on 1 February 1609 at 11:40

RN Old Thomas Trawferd of Wak Sawcy lodge. 60 y Febr. 1. ☿ h. 11. 40. ant m 1609 |Mr Wake of ye forest did desyre me right to come over to Mr Trawford to se is extreme costive.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 303r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr John Wake [Old Mr Wake] (PERSON16719)Old Mr Thomas Trafford (PERSON25780)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

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

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CASE61807: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Iremonger (PERSON52344)

Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1626 at 11:38

RN M|r|res Iohn \mr williā Iremon/ger. 23 y. march 20 ☾ h. 11. 38 ant m 1626.

23 y \oc natus/ octob bor 22. h 2 p m

tooke his vomyt was let blood & 2 sleeping pils. of Stonebridg

now will muse & start suddenly costive

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 126r (bottom left part of page)

Mr William Iremonger (PERSON52344)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Treatment follow-up (passions)Uncategorised)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

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

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CASE21791: Horary consultation concerning Cassandra Cook (PERSON10866)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1604 at 11:38

RN Cassandr Cooke of Brodwell 27 y Decēb 6 ♃ hor 11. 38 ant m 1604. sick & weake in her stomacke.

thre wekꝭ sinc deliverd a daught. costive.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 194v (bottom left part of page)

Cassandra Cook (PERSON10866)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

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

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CASE12463: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1599 at 11:30

RN Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die ☿. h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Numbness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

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

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CASE79849: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1635 at 11:30

SRN Iohn Halfehead of Caysoe. 80. y. Ian. 25. ☾. h. 11 30. a. m. 1635.

payned in his stomacke head & backe body Costiue. |vryne pale & thicke & gravell in the bottom| /will not turne\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 340, f. 161v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

John Halfhead (PERSON50613)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachBack)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Treatment Judgment 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?f5-damaged=No;f6-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A11%3A00-11%3A59%3A%3A30%3A00-44%3A59;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AConstipation, accessed 20 March 2025.

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