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CASE11660: Horary consultation concerning William Pipkin (PERSON14968)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17603) on 30 August 1598 at 17:07

RN Will: Pipkin 6 yeres old at Miklemas payned in the back & neck & head & belly & legs quærit causā eius remediū refuseth his meate Aug 30. die ☿ h. p m. 5. 7. m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 23r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17603)William Pipkin (PERSON14968)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BackBelly)

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

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

Medical  (Cause of the affliction)

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

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

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CASE46718: Horary consultation concerning Anne Kent (PERSON32264)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1618 at 10:40

RN An Kent of this towne may 28 ♃ h. 10. 40 ant m 1618 had them last weeke nescit an sit gravida hed ill & cānot rellish

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 115v (upper left part of page)

Anne Kent (PERSON32264)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

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

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

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

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CASE28714: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Rolte (PERSON15450) and Elizabeth Seddon [Baldwin] (PERSON20731)

Question asked by Mrs Jane Rolte (PERSON15450) on 19 April 1605 at 11:15

RN Mres Rolt \Iane Rolt/ of Bonyst sent to me to know wheathr shee be wth child or no Apr. 19 ♀ h. 11. 15 ant m. 1605. y {sic} 29 y.

Elisabeth Baudwyne at the same tyme her syster. 20 yeres.

Also for her sistr who is troubled wth great hedach & a bad stomacke & cānot Digest keepeth her bed

|Mres| Iane Rolt of Bonyst 29 y Apr 19 ♀ h. 11. 15 ant m 1605

quærit an sit gravida

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Jane Rolte (PERSON15450)Elizabeth Seddon [Baldwin] (PERSON20731)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Cannot digest)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s) 

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CASE50076: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sanders (PERSON35075)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1619 at 19:15

RN Mres Sanders of Emmerton 2 fig. Decēb 1{illeg}|5| ☿ h. 7. 15 p m 1619

[Partial Astrological Chart]

stopt in the throat wth the smale pox yt she cānot take breath. nor swallow any thing hath made her will

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 83r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Sanders (PERSON35075)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Pox)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems  (Cannot swallow)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEating%20and%20drinking%20problems;f8-info=Outcome%28s%29;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 1 March 2025.

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