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CASE73654: Horary consultation concerning John Adams (PERSON42478)

Question asked by Mr John Adams (PERSON42479) and Mr William Harvey (PERSON51110) on 18 January 1632 at 13:50

SRN Mr Adams & Mr Harvey of Weston for ye Little child Mr Adams his Son which is troubled with ye falling sicknes. Ian. 18. ☿. h. 1. 50. p. m. 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 401 (bottom left part of page)

Mr John Adams (PERSON42479)Mr William Harvey (PERSON51110)John Adams (PERSON42478)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE78957: Horary consultation concerning Leate (PERSON53562)

Question asked by Leate (PERSON53563) on 29 March 1634 at 14:00

SRN One Leate of Badby for his Child 3 quarters of a yeare old eodem tempore.

for the fitts of ye Epilepsy

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 113v (bottom right part of page)

Leate (PERSON53563)Leate (PERSON53562)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) 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-patient-age-band=000-009%3A%3A0-12%20months;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f3-hands=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5Bthe%20nephew%5D%20%5BSir%20Richard%20Napier%5D, accessed 5 March 2025.

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