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CASE62805: Horary consultation concerning Mr Fulwood (PERSON49495)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1626 at 08:00

RN Mr Fulwood \the elder brothr./ sept 25 ☾ h. 8 ant m 16261

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘idle headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 292r (upper left part of page)

Mr Fulwood (PERSON49495)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed )

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

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CASE41381: Horary consultation concerning Alice Godfrey (PERSON30951)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1613 at 06:00

RN Alce Godf\r/ey of Dunstable. 19 y. may 19. ☿ h. 6. {p}|a|nt m 1613. /was very idle headed a weeke after her delivery. talketh of sathan & howpeth & halloweth\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘3. fig.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 126r (upper right part of page)

Alice Godfrey (PERSON30951)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Devil)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE60481: Horary consultation concerning Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1625 at 11:00

RN Mr Wyndgate May 20 ♀ h. 11 ant m 1625 idle headed cānot sleepe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 96v (bottom right part of page)

Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed Sleeplessness (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE33856: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Astill [Rofe] (PERSON20645)

Question asked by the patient on 30 July 1608 at 10:00

RN An Ruffe of newport Iuly 30 ♄ hor. 10 ant m 1608. not yet churched not able to stand, goe nor sit. idle headed /brought her vrine.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 172v (upper right part of page)

Agnes [Anne] Astill [Rofe] (PERSON20645)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot standCannot walk)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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CASE60479: Decumbiture for Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1625 at 11:00

RN Mr Wyndgate taken wth \his/ old fits wth an Idle brayne & full of talke may 13. ♀ h. 12. 16251

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘fell sick’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 96v (bottom left part of page)

Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed Brain (passions)Idle talkSleeplessness (passions))

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

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CASE77291: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 16 May 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 ♃ h 7 ant m 1633

came into my prsenc wth there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled wth divrse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 136 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MopishIdle headed TroubledMind)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Shoulders)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-is-asking-about=Self;f2-time-of-day=AM;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AIdle%20headed, accessed 13 April 2025.

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