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CASE16461: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Wright (PERSON17435)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1604 at 11:00

RN Ralfe \Isbell:/ write of Mutch houghten 60 y novemb Decēb. 6. ♃ hor. 10|i| 1604. a mydwife. /keepeth her bed.\ ever sinc sunday belly & harte.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 226r (upper right part of page)

Isabel Wright (PERSON17435)

Medical>Illness (general) (Bedridden)

Medical>Parts of the body>Torso (BellyHeart)

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

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CASE20599: Horary consultation concerning Goody Phillips (PERSON14900)

Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1604 at 09:00

RN Goody Phylip of Brodwell sente vnto me to know how longe shee should keepe her midwife wth her for shee loketh every day for a happy delivery wch god grainte {sic} her. feb 19. ☉ hor 8. \9./ 30. ant m 1604 /shee sent her watr.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 12r (upper right part of page)

Goody Phillips (PERSON14900)

Sex, family and generation (Childbirth)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-info=Mentions%20other%20practitioner%3A%3AMidwife;f2-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f3-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1604, accessed 4 April 2025.

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