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CASE65656: Decumbiture for Goody Frances Stankling (PERSON16119)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1628 at 06:45

RN It tooke her march 21. ♀ h. 10 ant m h. 5. p m 1628 /extreme sick wth stitches\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 148r (upper right part of page)

Goody Frances Stankling (PERSON16119)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)

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

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CASE12224: Horary consultation concerning Davis (PERSON11175)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1599 at 06:45

RN Raynold Davyes brothrs {sic} wife very sick wth a cold taken vppon a heate in his brest stomack hed. & belly cannot sleepe Easter dy {sic} Apr. 8 die ☉ h. 6. 45. ant m 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123v (upper right part of page)

Davis (PERSON11175)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestBellyStomach)

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

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

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?f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f32-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A06%3A00-06%3A59%3A%3A45%3A00-59%3A59, accessed 20 March 2025.

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