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CASE57261: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Spenser (PERSON59333)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1623 at 15:40

RN Mr Georg Spencer came to me octob: 13. ☾ h. 3. 40 p m 1623 /mutch troubled in mynd\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 3r (upper right part of page)

Mr George Spenser (PERSON59333)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMind )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE54586: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1622 at 16:00

RN Mary Wels \of Redburne/ first taken strangly being devoutely affected wth a gydynes in her head & troubles of mynd & a fearfull trēbling march. 3. ☉ h. 7. 40 ant m. 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMind Fear)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f10-judgment=No;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMind;f9-querent-age-band=040-049%3A%3A48, accessed 12 November 2024.

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