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CASE33563: Decumbiture for Thomas Earle (PERSON23005)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26612) on 17 June 1608 at 15:30

RN yesterday about six in the morning sodenly taken in his sleepe & doth skrike & quake wth it. /right foote above his kne & hucklebone vexed. & rūbling\ |taken Iune 16 ♃ h. 6. ant m 1608.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 127v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26612)Thomas Earle (PERSON23005)

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

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

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CASE32717: Horary consultation concerning Richard Atwell (PERSON21907)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26547) on 5 February 1608 at 11:30

RN Rich Atwell of Stanbridge 3 y feb. 5 ♀ h. 11. 30 ant m 1608 the child in prsenc12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘2 fig.’ infralinear

2 ‘child hand & leg & syde weake a yere & halfe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 16r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26547)Richard Atwell (PERSON21907)

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

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

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

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CASE33576: Horary consultation concerning Henry Potter (PERSON24944)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26615) on 20 June 1608 at 14:00

RN Henry Potter of husb. Crow{illeg}|le|y. 7 y Iune 20 ☾ h. 2. p m 1608. had an ague & nowe it is fallen into his legs hips thighes. & cānot goe for it mutch payned

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 130v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON26615)Henry Potter (PERSON24944)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

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

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

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

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

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?f59-querent-sex=Unknown;f60-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20229;f61-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 1 March 2025.

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