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CASE54511: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39479)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39478) on 26 June 1622 at 08:25

RN A poor mā of London for his melanch wife who suadeth her self yt I cā helpe her. Iune 26 ☿ h. 8 {illeg}|2|5 ant m 1622

mutch melanch supposeth |yt| she is beworded & yt I can helpe her./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 169v (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39478)Anonymous (PERSON39479)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s) 

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-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20223;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f3-info=Outcome%28s%29, accessed 28 February 2025.

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