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CASE60744: Decumbiture for Richard Harnesse (PERSON50893)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1625 at 19:40

RN It tooke him first Iune 28 ♂ h. 8 p m. 1625 & then began to rage & about ten of the clock would have torne in peeces his sucking child he was so suddenly distracted h. 9. 30 p m 1625.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted sorely Despayring’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 135v (upper right part of page)

Richard Harnesse (PERSON50893)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (RagingDistracted Despair)

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

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CASE60980: Horary consultation concerning Mr Love (PERSON53896)

Question asked by the patient on 20 August 1625 at 09:30

RN Mr Love yt mayed {sic} Mr Vuedales daughter 34 y Aug 20 h {sic} hor 9. 30 ant m. 1625. |troubled wth melanch ready to cause distract of brayne|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Love (PERSON53896)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MelancholyDistracted Brain (passions))

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

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-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear%3A%3AAt%20unspecified%20location;f2-volume-name=Napier%2C%20vol.%2040;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADistracted, accessed 4 January 2025.

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