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CASE77507: Horary consultation concerning Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) and Silvester (PERSON58755)

Question asked by Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) on 8 June 1633 at 06:00 or at 07:30

RN An Silvester of Hunsdon in Hartford sheere 42 y Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6 ant m 1633

strangly handled in her feete wth pulling & gnawing her feete wth extremity of payns & her hands pill all over & the tops wore away wth the payne & did extremely vomyte at the first for 4 days 16 weekes. & had 2 child wch vomyted sorely & on child dyed & she cānot sit vp nor goe but as she she {sic} is caryed nor cānot abyde any to touch her hands & feete & are extreme hot

vryne very good Iune 8. h {sic}. hor 6 ant m 1633. /h. 7. 30 ant m 1633\

[Astrological Chart]

Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6. ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 206 (upper left, upper right, and middle centre parts of page)

Anne Silvester (PERSON58757)Silvester (PERSON58755)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Gnawing)

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)

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

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CASE77396: Horary consultation concerning William Dymmingsdale (PERSON48243)

Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1633 at 09:30

RN Williā Dymmingsdale of Hutchin 58 y may 25 h {sic} hor 9 30 ant m. 1633.

Tooke a surfet a cough cānot eate nor drink but is sick after meate vntill it hath made him to cast it swelled in his belly almost every night /his thigh was broken\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 166 (middle centre, and bottom right parts of page)

William Dymmingsdale (PERSON48243)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Surfeit)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)

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?f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ANausea%20and%20vomiting;f7-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20211, accessed 2 April 2025.

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