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CASE10162: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Puford (PERSON15087)

Question asked by the patient and Puford (PERSON15086) on 14 March 1600 at 12:30

RN Agnis Pufford 19 yeres of Tyddington 3 miles of frō Dunstable falleth every day 2 or thrice in a daye. misseth her sometimes a weeke. often troubled wth it at the full of the . was borne 1581. 19 yeres sinc last allhalloudaye the first of Novembr \about 3 a clock in the morninge./ falleth backward alwys {sic} when it cometh. came her selfe wth her fathr to me this 14 of march die h. 12. 30. 1600 hath bene troubled wth it this 7 or 8 yeres. stretcheth out at lenght her armes fingers & legs12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes’ in chart

2 ‘they told me that I helped on in the same disease in husb Crowly nowe dwelling nowe at Woburne’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 12r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11906: Horary consultation concerning Richard Risely (PERSON15346)

Question asked by Risely (PERSON15343) and Risely (PERSON15348) on 29 December 1598 at 09:30

RN Rich. Risely of Willing 2 yeres old. the fortnight after Chr|E|sterday morning about 3 a clock morning troubled by fits. especially the 18 of Decēb. after noone it wull {sic} fall Downe & crye & tak hold of any thing. Richard Risely a very feare child & of a goodly cōplexion was borne 1597. the 10 of Aprill. die h. 3. ant m. 1597. came to me Decēb. 29 die – h. 9. 30. cū vxore et filiolo. borne at willing.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 73r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73654: Horary consultation concerning John Adams (PERSON42478)

Question asked by Mr John Adams (PERSON42479) and Mr William Harvey (PERSON51110) on 18 January 1632 at 13:50

SRN Mr Adams & Mr Harvey of Weston for ye Little child Mr Adams his Son which is troubled with ye falling sicknes. Ian. 18. . h. 1. 50. p. m. 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 401 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE74348: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Hannah White (PERSON61654)

Question asked by Dr John Barcum (PERSON43448) and Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214) on 17 April 1632 at 10:30

RN Mres Hanna White of Greeneford 21. y Ap. 17 h. 10. 30 ant m 1632. /D Barkom & Sr Th myddleton wrote in her behalfe\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1epilepsia’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 88 (upper right part of page)

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CASE64794: Horary consultation concerning Mr Anthony King (PERSON52933)

Question asked by the patient and Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721) on 18 October 1627 at 10:00

RN Mr Anth king octob. 18. . h 9. 50 ant m 1627 {sic}

[Astrological Chart]

Mr \Anthony/ King troubled wth the falling sicknes sendeth for his dyet drinke epilepsia. Octob. 18 . h. 10. ant m. 1627 /found no good by his ringe\1

[Astrological Chart]

{sic} my ring did Him no good.

Mr {Li}{ght}foot wrote for him hath taken all maner of physick & yet found no good by all the doctor{s} & there severall courses

Mr Anth. king octob. 18 h. 10 ant m 1627 epilep convuls.

Notes:

1 ‘Epilep’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 244v (middle left, upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE53986: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) and Spencer Compton [Second Earl of Northampton] [Lord Northampton] [Young Lord Compton] (PERSON46690) on 25 April 1622 at 13:45

RN The lady Dorothy Iennings for her child taken wth the epilepsye about 10 weekes 13 y Ap 25. h. 1. 45 p m 1622. hearing yt I have helpen may {sic} in yt kind hath written to me to come to London/ /her speach is taken from her by fits for a day & keepeth her bed\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 70v (upper left part of page)

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;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f6-number-of-querents=Multiple%20querents, accessed 22 December 2024.