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CASE75367: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Dayrell (PERSON47696)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41640) on 26 August 1632 at 12:30

Mrs.Francis Dayrell fell Sick on Aug. 22 h. 6. ant. m. 1632.

Dies & hor. decubit.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 400 (middle right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41640)Mrs Frances Dayrell (PERSON47696)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Astrological Chart

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41796)Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Mopish)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) 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;sort=sort-date;f3-time-of-day=PM;f5-practitioner-is-patient=No;f7-querent-identified=No;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f9-hands=Mr%20Ralph%20Ruddle, accessed 13 May 2024.

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