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CASE55121: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Gregory (PERSON50402)

Question asked by Mr Gregory (PERSON50378) on 18 October 1622 at 13:00

RN febr. 17. 16. about 6 at night grew first to be very melancholick & could not sleepe & took a feaver or feb. 16. h {sic} hor 6 p m. 1622

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 86r (bottom centre, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr Gregory (PERSON50378)Mrs Mary Gregory (PERSON50402)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-language=English;f2-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f3-deleted=No;f4-practice=Napier;f5-time-of-day=PM;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f7-patient-consent=Explicitly%20not%20given;f8-judgment=No, accessed 15 June 2024.

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