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CASE78613: Horary consultation concerning Goodman (PERSON50074)

Question asked by the patient on 16 November 1633 at 15:00

RN {illeg} Goodman Strixon by {wo}llyson 50 y {nov}ēb. 16 h {sic} hor {3 p} m 1633.12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart

2 ‘ready to despayre’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 34v (upper right part of page)

Goodman (PERSON50074)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MindTroubledDespair )

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

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CASE76122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Longueville (PERSON32776)

Question asked by the patient on 11 December 1632 at 15:00

TG {Mr} Robert Langfield 14 y {Decem}br. 11 ♂ h. 3. p m. 1632. {Mel}ancholia affectꝯ præter morem tristatur et de salute dubitare et desperare præsumit, jnitium morbi fuit die ♄ 8 Decembr ante viduum.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 208 (upper left part of page)

Mr Robert Longueville (PERSON32776)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MelancholySadnessReligious doubtsDespair Morbus (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Astrological Chart

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=Yes;f2-querent-identified=Yes;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADespair, accessed 13 January 2025.

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