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CASE49976: Horary consultation concerning John Honour (PERSON12889)

Question asked by the patient on 24 November 1619 at 10:15

RN Iohn Honour of this towne 18 y novēb 24. ☿ h. 10. 15. ant m 1619 |fearfull & full of melancholy|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘tempted at the sight of a knife’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 63r (upper right part of page)

John Honour (PERSON12889)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (FearMelancholy Tempted and suicidal )

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

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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| ☿. h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816)Harris (PERSON31404)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction (passions))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMelancholy DespairTempted and suicidal )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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-date=1610-1619;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal, accessed 4 December 2024.

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