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CASE69239: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40987)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40986) on 21 August 1629 at 15:39

RN A nynster {sic} for h{is} wife brought a {bed} a fortnight sinc A{ug} 21 ♀ h 3 39 p m 1629

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 136v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40986)Anonymous (PERSON40987)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications )

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

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CASE38909: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Bailey (PERSON27612)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37620) on 25 November 1611 at 14:30

RN Mres Margaret Baylie \a mynisters wife/ of Steeple Claydon 34 y novēb. 25. ☾ h. 2. 30 p m. 1611

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 195v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37620)Mrs Margaret Bailey (PERSON27612)

Medical >Women’s matters  (Childbirth complications )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Angelic consultationAstrological 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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWomen%E2%80%99s%20matters%3A%3AChildbirth%20complications;f8-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AChurch%20employees;f9-patient-consent=Not%20specified, accessed 22 April 2025.

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