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CASE64840: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

Question asked by Mr Charlet (PERSON28864) on 26 October 1627 at 12:45

RN Mr Charlet sent me word yt old Mres Duncōbe is troubled wth every days ague octob. 26 ♀. h. 12. 45. p m 16271

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a feaver’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 252r (upper left part of page)

Mr Charlet (PERSON28864)Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating  (Fever )

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

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CASE60533: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Brocas [Catesby] (PERSON19228)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1625 at 16:00

RN Mres Catesbie of Hardemeade 45|0| y May 27 ♀ h. 4. p m. 1625.

[Astrological Chart]

hath had no purples

cōpl of a cōtinuall feaver & a loatsome ill savour ceding out of her stomack into her mouth after her cold & burning fits are over her is stomake is soe weak yt she cānot take any meatꝭ

would know wheathr she shall have the purples

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 104r (upper right part of page)

Mrs Susan Brocas [Catesby] (PERSON19228)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating  (Fever Hot and cold)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Purples)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFevers%2C%20chills%20and%20sweating%3A%3AFever;f8-querent-age-band=040-049;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 4 March 2025.

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