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CASE77268: Decumbiture for Lady Penelope Egerton [Napier] (PERSON55172)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1633 at 05:15

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Richard Napier The lady Penelope taken wth a casting on satt last being may 11. h {sic} hor 8 ant m 1633

[Astrological Chart]

Casted about 8 in the morning & And {sic} {illeg}|a|bout h 2. 30 p m tooke her wth an extremity & gryping in her belly & stomack

gon wth child 12. or 13 weekes

the extreame payne is ceast the {sic} doe feare an extreme wynd cholicke togeather wth a great cold & a cough & a sorenes of her stomacke 1

Cons rosarū dianth elect de Im an ʒvj diābr ʒj symph ʒij diasc ʒj diacond sug rhea dos q suff.

syr Cord ij aq theriac the weaker ij sis water j syr Rheados ʒjj Aq scab. Cord an ʒjjj

Notes:

Editorial Note:  This decumbiture is associated with the horary entry CASE77266.

1 ‘she mended’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 129 (upper right part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE77268’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE77268, accessed 19 May 2025.