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CASE76162: Horary consultation concerning John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1632 at 16:20

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Richard Napier The Lord Purbeck sent me a kind letter certif me yt he is well & lyeth at Sr Francis Bodington at his house by Stāford at Sr Francis Bodinghā. Decēb 18 ♂ h 4. 20 p m 1632 /in Leycester sheere\

cōpl of a great cold & cough two months craveth my consayle & some lozenges to be sent vnto him & mynt water & cōmendat to my nephue Richard

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 222 (upper left part of page)

John Villiers [Lord Purbeck] (PERSON60854)

Medical>Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical (Medical counsel)

Medical>Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE76162’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE76162, accessed 5 June 2025.

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