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CASE14337: Decumbiture for Mrs Dorothy Uvedale [Smith] [Alway] (PERSON16664)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1603 between 04:45 and 14:00

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Richard Napier mres Dorothy Alway had her floures or some {sic} abortion wth great plucking & gryping Decēb. 21. ☿ hor. 4. 45. ant m. 1603

♄ {sic}. 5. 20 ant m 1603 so rathr to be calculated. h. 6. 2{illeg}|35|. ant m 16031

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Dorothy Alway Decēb. 21. ☿ h. 4. 45 p {m} 1603. \h. 5. 20/ ant m 1603.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘vide decemb 12.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 124v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Dorothy Uvedale [Smith] [Alway] (PERSON16664)

Medical>Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

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

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE14337’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE14337, accessed 19 May 2025.

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