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CASE22720: Decumbiture for Lady Eleanor Thackstone [Ously] (PERSON33851)

Question asked by the patient on 21 August 1630 at 10:30

RN The lady Thackstone taken wth convuls. Aug 16. ☾ h. 5. 30 p. m 1630 /a fat lady\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 103v (upper left part of page)

Lady Eleanor Thackstone [Ously] (PERSON33851)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Convulsions )

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

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CASE23347: Horary consultation concerning Mr Stephen Crompton (PERSON47335)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1630 at 13:15

RN Mr Steaphen Crompton neere to Lichfild 29 y novēb. 20 h. 1. 15 p m 1630 |had a fracture of his skull & sinc subiect to Convuls.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 208r (upper left part of page)

Mr Stephen Crompton (PERSON47335)

Medical  (Trauma)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Convulsions )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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?f1-date=1630-1639%3A%3A1630;f2-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20238;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AConvulsions, accessed 10 March 2025.

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