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CASE50322: Horary consultation concerning John Peckaver (PERSON34160)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1620 at 10:40

RW Iohn Peckauer of Brackley. y. 38. d. ♄ h: 10. {illeg}|4|0. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620.

swelleth in her face chest & legs for a moneth. sicke euer since Christmasse

[Blank Astrological Chart]

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

John Peckaver (PERSON34160)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Chest)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE55909: Horary consultation concerning Goody Geraldine Ward (PERSON61108)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1623 at 11:20

RN Goody Ward of 38 y of Clappā March. 31. ☾ h. 11. 20 ant m 1623.

brought a bed a month sinc & lyeth always on her bed & is so swelled in her legs yt she can neyther stand nor goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 41r (upper right part of page)

Goody Geraldine Ward (PERSON61108)

Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)

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

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f7-querent-age-band=030-039%3A%3A38;f8-date=1620-1629;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 11 February 2025.

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