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CASE78444: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON21945)

Question asked by the patient on 10 October 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres \Elis/ Baldwyn 60. y. octob: 10 ♃ h: 7. ant m 1633 /full of melanch.\ oppressed at tyms at nighte heavynes at hart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 4r (middle right part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON21945)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MelancholyHeaviness Sick at heart)

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

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CASE35435: Horary consultation concerning Alice Godfrey (PERSON23428)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1609 at 08:15

RN Alce Godfrey 60 y Apr 18 ♂ h. 8. 15 ant m 1609. not sicke. |seemeth to see black visions waking & sleeping.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘very heavy & pensive troubled in mynd. feared to take the cōmunion.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 5r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Alice Godfrey (PERSON23428)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Seeing thingsTroubledMindHeaviness )

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

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CASE12191: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 13:00

RN An Winkles of Hanslop. 60. amisse this 20 yeres: vndr her left side pricketh leeke a dagger. cōbred wth colour. wth slymy black reping geere. goeth vp to her belly & backe. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 1. 1599. sad & hevye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119v (upper left part of page)

Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)

Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)BellyBack)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pricking)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Choler)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (SadnessHeaviness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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?f1-damaged=No;f2-patient-age-band=060-069%3A%3A60;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AHeaviness, accessed 3 January 2025.

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