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CASE68060: Horary consultation concerning Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1629 at 15:00

RN for the lady Chester Ap 2. ♃ h. 3 p m 1629 for her Dropsy

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 117v (upper right part of page)

Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

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

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CASE68012: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Duncombe [Esquire] [Young Mr Thomas Duncombe] (PERSON29954)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1629 at 09:00

RN Mr Th. Duncōbe of Great Brickhill 42. march 27 ♀ h. 9 ant m. 1629.

feareth the Dropsye & twice hath voyded a stone twice & gravell back payned

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 108r (upper part of page)

Mr Thomas Duncombe [Esquire] [Young Mr Thomas Duncombe] (PERSON29954)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Dropsy )

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Stone and strangury (Stone)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Back)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f27-date=1620-1629;f28-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20407;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ADropsy, accessed 22 February 2025.

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