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CASE73474: Decumbiture for Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Question asked by the patient on 8 December 1631 at 08:30

SRN Decemb. 3. ♄. hor. 8. p. m. at this tyme she had an extreame fitt which held her 4. houres.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 335 (upper right part of page)

Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) Astrological Chart

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CASE76306: Decumbiture for Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Question asked by the patient between 14 January 1633 at 14:45 and 15 January 1633 at 09:15

RN Mres Ans fit tooke her Ian. 14. ☾ h. hor 2. p. m. 1633

horrible str{ā}g fits of \the/ motherSRN

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 263 (upper right part of page)

Mrs Anne Tyrringham [Napier] (PERSON60703)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784) 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?f7-hands=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5Bthe%20nephew%5D%20%5BSir%20Richard%20Napier%5D;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits;f9-patient=Mrs%20Anne%20Tyrringham%20%5BNapier%5D%20%28PERSON60703%29, accessed 8 February 2025.

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