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CASE71490: Horary consultation concerning Martin Clark (PERSON46178)

Question asked by the patient on 7 March 1631 at 14:30

Martin Cleark of North Hampton 42. y March. 7. ☾. h. 2. 30. p m 1631

keepeth his Bedd from whence they cannot get him; hath had a deepe Melancholy this halfe yeare, much bounde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 152 (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Martin Clark (PERSON46178)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997)  Treatment Astrological Chart

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CASE71434: Horary consultation concerning John Headsman (PERSON51291)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1631 at 13:10

Iohn Headsman of Earles Barton 21. y. febr. 25. ♀. h. 1. 10. p m 1631 |married|

complayneth of his back, head & stomack, subiect to melancholy for a weeke

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 136 (bottom right part of page)

John Headsman (PERSON51291)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackStomach)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997)  Treatment 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-practitioner=Other%3A%3AMr%20Ralph%20Ruddle%20%28PERSON57997%29;f2-judgment=No;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 4 January 2025.

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