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CASE15942: Horary consultation concerning Grace Russell (PERSON15534)

Question asked by the patient on 1 December 1603 at 14:30

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RN Grace Russell of westning 52 y Decēb 1 ♃ hor. 2. 30 p m 1603.

nata āno dni 1551 anno regni Edd|o|vardi 6 5.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

Editorial Note:  A note on f. 95r of Ashmole 415, written 1 May 1604, reads: ‘Grace Russell of Westning 50 y. dead of a tympany. came to me last mydsomer or whitsontyde dyed a weeke afore shrovetide legs hoven & did runne & brake & looked exceding blacke’.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 167v (upper right part of page)

Grace Russell (PERSON15534)

Medical (Not specified in question)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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.), ‘CASE15942’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE15942, accessed 23 January 2020.

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