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CASE10312: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Egerton (PERSON11500)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Egerton (PERSON11498) on 12 April 1600 at 09:30

RN Mr Edgerton for his sonne Thomas who fell sicke the 8 of Apr. die ♂ h 7 p m. 1600 stomacke & a great burning in his backe. head & stomacke right syde & belly

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 36r (bottom right part of page)

Mr Thomas Egerton (PERSON11498)Mr Thomas Egerton (PERSON11500)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back Side(s)BellyStomach)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)

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

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CASE63237: Decumbiture for Robert Burgess (PERSON45255)

Question asked by the patient on 16 February 1627 at 12:50

RN Rob Burges {illeg}|3|6 y I|f|eb 16 ♀ h. 12 50 p m 1627.

head ioynts & back & now speachles sinc sonday about sonset. |he sent feb 16 ♀. h. 1. p m 1627|1

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘speachles’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 366r (upper right part of page)

Robert Burgess (PERSON45255)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Joints)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Back )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

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?f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack;f28-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture, accessed 3 April 2025.

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