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CASE44621: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Duncombe (PERSON29982)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1617 at 07:30

RN mres Duncōbe of the parke Ap 2 ☿ h 7. 30 ant m 1617 |a tertian an ague sinc monday|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 113r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Catherine Duncombe (PERSON29982)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Previous consultation(s)

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CASE44606: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1617 at 08:38

RN Marg Smyth of Broughton 32 y Ap. 3 ♃ h. 8. 38 ant m 16171

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘smale pox can̄ot sleepe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 110v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Pox)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Previous consultation(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?f41-querent-age-band=030-039%3A%3A32;f43-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f44-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20198, accessed 18 April 2025.

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