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CASE66997: Horary consultation concerning Edward Frowick (PERSON49476)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1628 at 08:30

RN Edward Frowick a young man came to me Se 30 y sept 10 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1628 /wandering mind\ /full of melancho\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘melancholy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 257v (upper right part of page)

Edward Frowick (PERSON49476)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MindMelancholy )

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

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CASE65512: Decumbiture for Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Question asked by Mr William Stap (PERSON59508) on 13 March 1628 at 13:30 or at 13:40

RN was yesterday after eating of a pigeon grew very desp. sick about 12 at night march: 12. ☿ h. 12 p m 1628 \full of melanch & disc/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 127Av (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mr William Stap (PERSON59508)Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy Discontentment)

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-querent-age-band=030-039;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f4-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1628, accessed 5 February 2025.

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