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CASE76816: Horary consultation concerning Alice Steward (PERSON59612)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1633 at 10:45

RN Alce Stuward of this towne newly brought a bed hath litle or no spots of her sicknes & cānot. sleepe Ap 2. ♂ h. 10 45 ant m 1633

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 415 (bottom left part of page)

Alice Steward (PERSON59612)

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems  (Sleeplessness)

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

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CASE75671: Decumbiture for Ezekiel Roberts (PERSON57707)

Question asked by the patient on 11 October 1632 at 10:30

RN It tooke him sept 26. ☿ ☾ in ♋. h. 7. ant m cānot sleepe well stuft at the chest

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 65 (bottom right part of page)

Ezekiel Roberts (PERSON57707)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems  (Sleeplessness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems;f3-patient-age-band=040-049;f4-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20214, accessed 21 January 2025.

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