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CASE65608: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Trote (PERSON60491)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1628 at 10:20

RN Mres Elis: Trot of Eaton 19 y march. 24. h. 10 20 ant m 1628. full of melanch.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 141v (upper left part of page)

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CASE66656: Horary consultation concerning John Seabrook (PERSON58402)

Question asked by the patient on 22 July 1628 at 13:30

RN Iohn Seabrooke came vp to me him selfe. 25 y Iuly 22 || h. 1. 20 p m 1628

full of melanch

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 119r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE67442: Horary consultation concerning Robert Ferry (PERSON48856)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1628 at 13:25

RN Rob. Fary of Sowthell 40 y Decēb |{sic}| 4 \4/ h. 1. 25 p m 1628. |Decēb 5|4| |

full of melanch

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 339v (upper left part of page)

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CASE66997: Horary consultation concerning Edward Frowick (PERSON49476)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1628 at 08:30

RN Edward Frowick a young man came to me Se 30 y sept 10 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1628 /wandering mind\ /full of melancho\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘melancholy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

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CASE65512: Decumbiture for Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Question asked by Mr William Stap (PERSON59508) on 13 March 1628 at 13:30 or at 13:40

RN was yesterday after eating of a pigeon grew very desp. sick about 12 at night march: 12. h. 12 p m 1628 \full of melanch & disc/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 127Av (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE67201: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Minshull (PERSON54825)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1628 at 17:00

RN Mr Iohn Minc|s|hull of Cābridg of Magd. 23 y. octob 17. h. 5. p m 1628.

pect vitio. et f sem: et melanch.

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

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (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?f1-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1628;f2-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 27 February 2025.