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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

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CASE50311: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Phoebe Longueville (PERSON32784)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38790) on 23 February 1620 at 08:15

RW Mris Phębe Longeuill of woulurton y. 8. d. ☿. h: 8. 15. ant: m: Feb: 23. 1620. payned in her backe & head cannot {illeg}|c|oughe: much payned in her sides: is very costiue. eateth & drinketh very little.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38790)Mrs Phoebe Longueville (PERSON32784)

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

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)  (Constipation )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) 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?f6-practitioner=Other;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AConstipation, accessed 6 March 2025.

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