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CASE13137: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17774) between 12 February 1597 and 6 September 1597

RN Susan Blundell 1597. feb. 12 die ♄. h in med. noct. 12. 30. m. was evilly handled of her disease. & it first toke her. in the night ready to choake her. /she became as a naturall chaingling. before she dyed & died in yt sort\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘the falling sicknes of wch she dyed’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 175, f. 33v (upper part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17774)Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Medical  (Uncategorised)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

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

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CASE13153: Horary consultation concerning Godfrey Kirkland (PERSON13422)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17778) and Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 12 February 1597 at 07:00

RN Godf. Kirkland obijt 1597 anū {natus} fere ingress. 15tū feb. 12. h. 10. \9/ 30. ante. merid: die Satur.

[Astrological Chart]

Godfrey Kircland obijt 1597 feb. 12 die ♄. hor 10. 30 m ant merid. quærimus h. 7a ante merid sine consensu. at harsham moritur.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 175, f. 46r, f. 45v (f. 46r upper, and f. 45v upper)

Anonymous (PERSON17778)Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Godfrey Kirkland (PERSON13422)

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f5-querent-identified=No;f7-date=1590-1599%3A%3A1597%3A%3A02%3A%3A12;f8-question-asked=Medical, accessed 9 March 2025.

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