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CASE18282: Decumbiture for Mr John Stafford (PERSON16107)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18338) on 24 November 1602 at 10:54

RN Mr Iohn Stafford fell first sick Octob 28. ♃ h 9. ant m. 1602. /then it began to have the pox.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 251r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18338)Mr John Stafford (PERSON16107)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Pox )

Medical >Treatment (Treatment)

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

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CASE50076: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sanders (PERSON35075)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1619 at 19:15

RN Mres Sanders of Emmerton 2 fig. Decēb 1{illeg}|5| ☿ h. 7. 15 p m 1619

[Partial Astrological Chart]

stopt in the throat wth the smale pox yt she cānot take breath. nor swallow any thing hath made her will

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 83r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Sanders (PERSON35075)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Pox )

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot swallow)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s) Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded 

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=Outcome%28s%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3APox;f4-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded, accessed 10 May 2025.

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