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CASE34256: Horary consultation concerning Alice Harper (PERSON12542)

Question asked by the patient on 23 October 1608 at 13:15

RN Alce Harper of Chellington 34 y Octob 23. ☉ h. 1. 15 p m 1608.

|extremely handled & so sore yt she cānot goe.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 224r (upper right part of page)

Alice Harper (PERSON12542)

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

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

Medical  (Uncategorised )

Sex, family and generation (Childbirth)

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

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CASE74088: Decumbiture for Lady Jane Samuell (PERSON25235)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first taken yesterday March 20 ♂ h. 3 2. 45 p 1632 |correptus paralysi latere s{in} sinister|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 12 (upper right part of page)

Lady Jane Samuell (PERSON25235)

Medical  (Uncategorised )

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AUncategorised;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f8-querent-sex=Female, accessed 26 January 2025.

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