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CASE42240: Horary consultation concerning Joseph Marson (PERSON33045)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37966) on 18 August 1615 at 15:00

RN {Io}seph Marson sent Aug 18 ♀ h. 3. p m. 16151

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes. broken out in ye face.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 80r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37966)Joseph Marson (PERSON33045)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Face)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body  (Skin)

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

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CASE74035: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Michael Lambert (PERSON53273)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1632 between 17:00 and 18:45

RN Michael Lambart suddenly taken wth \a/ swounding fit \being at plow/ ☿ h. 1. p m. 1632.

& hath kept his bed ever sinc head & all his body legs stiffe as a stake |morbus Caducus|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 511 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Michael Lambert (PERSON53273)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)

Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body  (Everywhere)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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-info=Astrological%20chart;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AWhole%20body;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 3 March 2025.

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