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CASE10216: Horary consultation concerning Dr Smith (PERSON15859)

Question asked by Mrs Florence Smith [Old Mrs Smith] (PERSON15929) on 31 March 1600 at 11:10

RN Mr Doctor Smith Cōmissary calculo vti putant March 3i die ☾ h. 11. 10 ant m. 1600 vxor marito.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 24r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Florence Smith [Old Mrs Smith] (PERSON15929)Dr Smith (PERSON15859)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Stone)

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

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CASE41642: Decumbiture for Dr Smith (PERSON15859)

Question asked by the patient between 15 July 1613 at 06:20 and 15 July 1613 at 09:00

RN The Comissary D Smyth taken wth a palsy Iuly 12. ☾ h. 6. 30 p m 1613. at sup being well but tooke a cold readily12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart

2 ‘Cæsar Baronius’ inline

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 173r (upper right part of page)

Dr Smith (PERSON15859)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Palsy)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

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.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?expand=volume-name;f24-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f25-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AChurch%20employees%3A%3ACommissary, accessed 1 May 2025.

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