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CASE78014: Decumbiture for Lady Penelope Egerton [Napier] (PERSON55172)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1633 at 09:00

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Richard Napier The Lady Penelope fell sick Aug. 6 h. 1. aft mydnight 1633

was broug

[Astrological Chart]

empl. oxic for belly & backe syr Cinam, {aq} \syr/ Cordial an ij aq cinam ij aq Cord vjj aq Meliff jj syr gargosti j Aq Cælest j aq Pers j ij

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Tinct coralli magist pl ana gr 20 drā \Aq Cælest/ʒij bezoar aq cinna gr viij in severall 1

Notes:

Editorial Note:  This decumbiture is associated with the horary entry CASE78013.

1 ‘she was broght a bed of a boy before Richard could come to her the boy was christ & dyed’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 211, p. 367 (middle right, and bottom centre parts of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE78014’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE78014, accessed 19 May 2025.