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CASE41982: Decumbiture for John Bricket (PERSON28357)

Question asked by the patient on 7 June 1615 at 17:00

RN his impost bake {sic} \in ye morning/ may 23. ♂ h. 5 a{nt} m. 16i5 he scourth {sic} still.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘his impostume broke at this time.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 36v (bottom right part of page)

John Bricket (PERSON28357)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses  (Impostume )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Scouring)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE47554: Horary consultation concerning Mary Denton (PERSON29792)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1618 at 17:00

RN Mary Daynton of Newp 19 y sept 28 ☾ h. 5. p m 1618 right eare impost.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 39r (bottom right part of page)

Mary Denton (PERSON29792)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Ears)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses  (Impostume )

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

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CASE58024: Horary consultation concerning Lady Frances Napier [Thornehurst] [Young Lady Napier] (PERSON55170)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1624 at 17:00

RN The young lady Napeir Ap 2 ♀ h. 5. p m 1624

voyded an Impost frō her wōbe in great quantity.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘apost vteri’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 127r (bottom left part of page)

Lady Frances Napier [Thornehurst] [Young Lady Napier] (PERSON55170)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses  (Impostume )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f2-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A17%3A00-17%3A59%3A%3A00%3A00-14%3A59;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses%3A%3AImpostume, accessed 3 March 2025.

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