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CASE62513: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1626 at 18:00

RN my Cosen Tyrr|ly|nton \40 y/ had a great flood came from her Ian 28 h {sic} hor 7 p m 16261

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a great flood’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 233r (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

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

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CASE14337: Decumbiture for Mrs Dorothy Uvedale [Smith] [Alway] (PERSON16664)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1603 between 04:45 and 14:00

RN mres Dorothy Alway had her floures or some {sic} abortion wth great plucking & gryping Decēb. 21. ☿ hor. 4. 45. ant m. 1603

♄ {sic}. 5. 20 ant m 1603 so rathr to be calculated. h. 6. 2{illeg}|35|. ant m 16031

[Astrological Chart]

Dorothy Alway Decēb. 21. ☿ h. 4. 45 p {m} 1603. \h. 5. 20/ ant m 1603.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘vide decemb 12.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 124v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Dorothy Uvedale [Smith] [Alway] (PERSON16664)

Medical >Women’s matters >Menstrual problems  (Menstruation)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

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?f1-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f2-practice=Napier;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AMenstrual%20problems, accessed 16 March 2025.

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