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CASE62692: Decumbiture for Mr William Beale (PERSON43830)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40346) on 6 January 1627 at 12:30

RN sickned on sonday last. h. 12 15 a|p| m 1626

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 270v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40346)Mr William Beale (PERSON43830)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness )

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

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CASE63230: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 ♃ h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness )

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Feet)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

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

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?f1-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1627;f3-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2041;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness, accessed 11 April 2025.

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