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CASE51150: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Talbot (PERSON35895)

Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1620 at 16:45

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Richard Napier Mres \Mary/ Tabout of Saldon 20. y. \last miklemas/ Iune 30 h. 4 4{5} p m. 1620

[Astrological Chart]

hath had 3 false cōcept. & this last on wedde{ns} mornīg wth gre{at} payne & travel{l} & many throw{es} nothing but a bla{dder} & nothing in it1 hath neavr but {a} fewe vseth mutch fasting & also a sparing dyet.

enquireth the ca{use} & what remedy

<f. 95r>

wheathr this defect ceed not as well frō the husb. as the wife. by reason there wanteth only the shape thought good to goe to the spawe for thē boath & what I think therof. what best for dyet. & hereafter what physick & for ye prsent wheather cond elect or losenges.

Notes:

1 ‘late abortion’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, ff. 94v-95r (f. 94v upper right, and f. 95r upper left)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE51150’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE51150, accessed 19 May 2025.