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CASE46004: Horary consultation concerning Lady Throckmorton (PERSON16431)

Question asked by Sir Arthur Throckmorton (PERSON16427) and Dr Cotta (PERSON22704) on 29 January 1618 at 12:00

RN Sr Arthur for his lady Ian 29 ♃ h. 12. 1618

Doctor Cotty and Sr Arthur to know wher best to make a derivation of blood

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 167v (upper left part of page)

Sir Arthur Throckmorton (PERSON16427)Dr Cotta (PERSON22704)Lady Throckmorton (PERSON16431)

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE57706: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning Mr Weston (PERSON61481)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 19 February 1624 at 10:00 and 20 February 1624 at 13:00

RN Mr Weston of Westmyster 45 y Decēb. 19 ♀ h. 11 30 ant m 1623. /At this tyme let blood\ /set this for eleaven was let blood at this tyme & dyed 5 or 6 days after.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 77v (upper right part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Mr Weston (PERSON61481)

Medical >Treatment  (Whether to be let blood )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological 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?f15-patient-age-band=040-049;f17-querent-age-band=050-059;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3AWhether%20to%20be%20let%20blood, accessed 28 March 2025.

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