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Culpeper was a botanist and herbalist, a physician and an astrologer. His other important book was Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick (1655) Decumbiture in this case means they had been confined to their sick bed. That is a detailed book on how Astrology was combined with medical practice in the 17th Century. Culpeper studied at Cambridge, and afterwards became apprenticed to an apothecary. After seven years his master absconded with the money paid for the indenture, and soon after this, Culpeper's mother died of breast cancer. Culpeper married the daughter of a wealthy merchant, which allowed him to set up a pharmacy and provide his services for free.