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CASE10928: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ellis (PERSON11545)

Question asked by the patient on 23 June 1600 at 07:30

RN Elisabeth Ellys of Castle Throp. 50 y. sick on friday morning fell a quivering would knowe wheathr leekely to live or dye. doth bleed mutch Iune 23. die ☾ h 7. 30. p|a|nt m. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 121r (bottom right part of page)

Elizabeth Ellis (PERSON11545)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness)

Medical >Prognosis  (Life or death (medical))

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Payment Astrological Chart

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CASE30502: Horary consultation concerning William Fowler (PERSON23272)

Question asked by Alice Fowler (PERSON23275) on 21 January 1607 at 10:23

RN Wylliā fowler of Wouften of the greene 31 y Ian 21. ☿ h. 22|3|. ant m 1607. /a Carpenter/\

a great cold & a cough harte & hed

whithr he shall scape his wife weeping enquireth hath bene sicke ever since christmas last night very sicke./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 58r (upper left part of page)

Alice Fowler (PERSON23275)William Fowler (PERSON23272)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

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

Medical >Prognosis  (Life or death (medical))

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3APrognosis;f3-info=Payment, accessed 15 April 2025.

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