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CASE10426: Horary consultation concerning Robert Billington (PERSON9710)

Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1600 at 11:00

RN Robart Billington of Bletchly 27 y Ap. 25 die ♀ h. 11 ant m. 1600

for an ague wch hath bene on him ever sinc miklemas. a souldier

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 51r (bottom right part of page)

Robert Billington (PERSON9710) 

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

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

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CASE10577: Horary consultation concerning Robert Billington (PERSON9710)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1600 between 09:30 and 10:00

RN Robart Billingdon of Bletchly. long troubled wth a tertian ague his last physicke went vpward but not downeward

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 69v (bottom left part of page)

Robert Billington (PERSON9710) 

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague )

Medical >Treatment (Treatment follow-up)

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

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?f6-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AAgue;f8-participant=Robert%20Billington%20%28PERSON9710%29, accessed 1 January 2025.

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