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CASE51222: Decumbiture for Nicholas Barlegs (PERSON43505)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1620 at 11:00

RN Nicholas Barleg was strangly taken wth a palsy in ye fild Iuly 6. ♃ h 8. 30 ant m 16201

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsy.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 109v (upper right part of page)

Nicholas Barlegs (PERSON43505)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Palsy)

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

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CASE51319: Decumbiture for The old Sir Richard Spencer (PERSON16027)

Question asked by the patient on 31 July 1620 at 11:20

RN It took him on Monday last h 3 p m 1620 /Iuly 24\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 130r (upper right part of page)

The old Sir Richard Spencer (PERSON16027)

Medical (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f31-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1620%3A%3A07;f33-querent-sex=Male;f34-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture, accessed 23 February 2025.

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