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CASE7065: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Best (PERSON939)

Question asked by the patient on 1 April 1600 at 11:20

SF At 20 post 11 the first of Aprill ♂ an’ m’ 1600 /

Elizab Beste of mestham in Surrey of 36 years/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 66r (bottom right part of page)

Elizabeth Best (PERSON939) 

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) 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?f3-practitioner-is-patient=No;f4-treatment=No;f5-question-asked=Medical;f6-language=English;f7-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f8-volume-name=Forman%2C%20vol.%2005;f9-participant=Elizabeth%20Best%20%28PERSON939%29, accessed 27 May 2024.

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