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CASE68114: Horary consultation concerning Alice Glover (PERSON30929)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1629 at 09:50

RN Alce Glover of newp in {sic} distracted in her wits 40 y Ap 8 h 9 50 ant m 1629 Distracted

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 126v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE63409: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708) on 15 March 1627 at 14:25

RN The noble lady of Westmorland \de la Spencer/ young Sr Rob Napers sister in Law by the maryg of her sister she Directed a letter to me touching a gentlewomā yt wayteth on her on Mres Crost 21 y march. 15 h. 2. 25 p m 1627 /of Aptharpe\ /her wits & menory {sic} decayed & cānot be kept in her\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘sec\l/es & furious’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 24r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE63782: Horary consultation concerning Joan Parkinson (PERSON56153)

Question asked by Mr Hammond (PERSON50735) on 1 May 1627 at 15:30

RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. . h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably mr Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 82v (upper left part of page)

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CASE64602: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Horrell (PERSON51887)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40516) on 17 September 1627 at 07:30

RN Elis Hurrell of Barton by Cambridge a widow 60 y sept 17. h. 7 30 ant m. 1627. Distracted of her wits sinc mydsomer. Doth Will curse & talk continually & be doing of some ill except she be tyed & will teare her cloathes & is senceles. fretfull & furious & cā sleepe litle light headed1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘frentick senceles & furious’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 216r (upper right 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-practitioner-is-querent=No;f2-patient-sex=Female;f3-document-type=Case;f4-date=1620-1629;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AWits, accessed 3 June 2024.