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CASE46847: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Duncombe (PERSON29982)

Question asked by the patient on 12 June 1618 at 13:00

RN Mres \Katherin/ Duncōbe of the parke hath taken a great cold Iune 12 ♀ h. 1. p m 1618

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 141r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Catherine Duncombe (PERSON29982)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold )

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

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CASE13387: Interrogation (Question) concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient, Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) and Fisher (PERSON11746) on 19 October 1597 at 10:09

RN Widowe Fjsher sente to me to come to her. fr she lieth very sicke 1597. Octob. 19. die ☿ hor. 10. 9 mi. quæro morbū et an recuperab. filius mat et cū consensu certū iudiciū eū dorso gravisse ægrotare et in tergo prcipue. et ventre shee hath a very great scouring & tooke a cold.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 91v (upper part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)Fisher (PERSON11746)

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

Medical >Current state (Curable)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackBelly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Scouring)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ATook%20a%20cold;f32-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f33-querent-age-band=030-039%3A%3A33, accessed 2 April 2025.

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