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CASE75367: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Dayrell (PERSON47696)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41640) on 26 August 1632 at 12:30

Mrs.Francis Dayrell fell Sick on Aug. 22 h. 6. ant. m. 1632.

Dies & hor. decubit.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 400 (middle right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41640)Mrs Frances Dayrell (PERSON47696)

Medical>Illness (general) (Sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Astrological Chart

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CASE78292: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Pet (PERSON56615)

Question asked by Pet (PERSON56614) on 21 September 1633 at 12:30

Elisab. Pett a Beggarwomas Childe. 1. y. ß Septemb. 11. ☿. h. 8. p m. 1633. stroken suddenly lame yt it can nether stand nor go

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 459 (bottom left part of page)

Pet (PERSON56614)Elizabeth Pet (PERSON56615)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (LamenessCannot standCannot walk)

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) 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?f10-patient-age-band=000-009;f13-hands=Mr%20Ralph%20Ruddle;f14-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture, accessed 18 April 2025.

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