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CASE12932: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Williams (PERSON17180)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1599 at 17:30

RN The vicars wife of Piddington Mres Williams 40 yeres. Decēbr 31 die ☾ h. 5. 3 {sic}. p m. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 245r (bottom right part of page)

Mrs Williams (PERSON17180)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE67203: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Weltch (PERSON61416)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1628 at 17:39

RN Mr Welch of Kingswaldon 22 y octob. 17. ♀ h. 5. 39 p m. 1628.

epilepsia

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 293r (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Weltch (PERSON61416)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE60556: Horary consultation concerning Staper (PERSON59515)

Question asked by Mrs Staper (PERSON59516) on 30 May 1625 at 17:30

RN Mres Stas sent for a Sygill or a Charat agyst {sic} the kings falling sickes {sic} yt a child of hers hath & she sent me 20s may 23 30 ☾ h. 5 30 p m 1625.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 107v (bottom left part of page)

Mrs Staper (PERSON59516)Staper (PERSON59515)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting sigils)

Medical  (Preventative)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Payment

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?expand=volume-name;f31-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A17%3A00-17%3A59%3A%3A30%3A00-44%3A59;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 2 April 2025.

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