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CASE40238: Decumbiture for Sir William Fortescue (PERSON30512)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1612 between 05:45 and 08:00

RN Syr williā fortiskue had his first fitte Aug. 17. ☾ h. 5. p m. 1612.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 144v (upper left part of page)

Sir William Fortescue (PERSON30512)

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

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

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CASE40279: Decumbiture for Sir William Fortescue (PERSON30512)

Question asked by the patient between 29 August 1612 at 16:00 and 30 August 1612 at 18:00

RN Sr will. fortiskues fit took him Aug 28 ♀. h. 11. \at night/ & cōtinued vntill 5

desyreth a purge

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 150r (bottom right part of page)

Sir William Fortescue (PERSON30512)

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

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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-deleted=No;f4-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1612%3A%3A08;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions, accessed 29 January 2025.

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