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CASE10305: Horary consultation concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient on 11 April 1600 at 10:00

RN Goody fishr the old woman & widowe Ap 11 die ♀ h. 10 ant m. 1600 sicke at h{illeg}|ar|te:/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35r (bottom left part of page)

Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

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

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CASE11635: Horary consultation concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1598 at 10:00

RN Goody Fisher sent for me to come to her Aug 18 die ♀. h. 10. who hath bene sick ever sinc satterd last. & still keepeth her bed. 1598. sick of the mother

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 16v (upper right part of page)

Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness Bedridden)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)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?f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f4-querent=Old%20Widow%20Frances%20Fisher%20%28PERSON11782%29, accessed 5 March 2025.

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