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CASE12667: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Kilpine (PERSON13364)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17718) on 8 September 1599 at 12:45

RN Elisa Gilpine 9. y. a feare faced & very full faced child {reare}th vp mutch fleme at all tymes. sometimes hed bodye. sept. 8 die ♄ h. 12. 45. 1599. ready to stop her winde. kept her bed wth it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 198v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17718)Elizabeth Kilpine (PERSON13364)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems  (Respiratory phlegmReady to stop her/his wind)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Torso)

Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)

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

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CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)

Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242)Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange afflictionWitchcraft suffered (medical))

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions (Fits)

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

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Pining)

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

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

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CASE30095: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) and Young Mrs Frances Fortescue (PERSON19648)

Question asked by Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647) on 20 December 1605 at 12:00

RN my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes watr decē{b} 20 ♀ h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647)Young Mrs Frances Fortescue (PERSON19648)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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?f61-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f62-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ARespiratory%20problems;f63-patient-age-band=000-009%3A%3A9, accessed 3 March 2025.

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