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CASE76135: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Houghton (PERSON51934)

Question asked by the patient on 13 December 1632 at 13:00

TG Mrs Dorothea Hothen of Ocly. 24. y. Dec. 13 ♃ h. 1. p m. 1632.

pained in her cheste, ictericía passione et paroxysimis aliquando ferè epilepticis vexata

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 212 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Dorothy Houghton (PERSON51934)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)

Medical >Illnesses (named) >Jaundice (Jaundice)

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

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835)  Treatment Astrological Chart

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CASE78957: Horary consultation concerning Leate (PERSON53562)

Question asked by Leate (PERSON53563) on 29 March 1634 at 14:00

SRN One Leate of Badby for his Child 3 quarters of a yeare old eodem tempore.

for the fitts of ye Epilepsy

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 113v (bottom right part of page)

Leate (PERSON53563)Leate (PERSON53562)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835)  Treatment Judgment

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits;f9-practitioner=Other%3A%3AMr%20Theodoricus%20Gravius%20%28PERSON38835%29, accessed 16 February 2025.

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