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CASE7562: Horary consultation concerning John Varnum (PERSON7380)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1600 at 19:50

SF Ihon Varnu of 53 years 1600 the 3i of may ♄ p m’ at 50 p 7 Diz et Vtrun {sic} viuit aut moritur/ him self sente & made this queston

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 131r (upper right part of page)

John Varnum (PERSON7380)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Prognosis  (Life or death (medical) )

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE7617: Horary consultation concerning John Varnum (PERSON7380)

Question asked by the patient on 7 June 1600 at 20:00

SF Ihon Varum {sic} of 52 yeares 1600 the 7 Iun’ ♄ p m’ at 8 Diz et vtrū viuit aut moritur

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 138r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

John Varnum (PERSON7380)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Prognosis  (Life or death (medical) )

Practitioner: Dr Simon Forman (PERSON2824) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3APrognosis%3A%3ALife%20or%20death%20%28medical%29;f4-querent=John%20Varnum%20%28PERSON7380%29, accessed 13 November 2024.

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