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CASE10404: Decumbiture for Richard Perry (PERSON14862)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1600 at 18:30

RN Rich Perry had his first fit about 3. 30 ant m. Ap 22. die ♂ h. 3. 30 ant m. 1600

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 48v (bottom left part of page)

Richard Perry (PERSON14862)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

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

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CASE21917: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621) on 16 January 1605 at 10:36

RN I went to Sr Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant yt lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. ☿ h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thithr & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. ☿ h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214v (upper left part of page)

Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621)Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-treatment=No;f6-patient-age-band=020-029%3A%3A23;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits, accessed 6 March 2025.

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