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CASE55787: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39628)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1623 at 17:00

RN The poor wench yt hath the falling sicknes came to me craving yt I would send my mā to let her blood when her next fit cōmeth vppon her because it was told yt it cometh of blood & yt one in the like case so let blood was cured ever after March 18 ♂ h. 5 p m 1623

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39628)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

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CASE42598: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON38004)

Question asked by Mrs Bridgetta Pix (PERSON14971) on 27 October 1615 at 11:30

RN Mres Pix brought her brothr to be let blood vnder the tongue for ye falling sicknes octob 27 ♀ h. 11 30 ant m 1615

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 137v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Bridgetta Pix (PERSON14971)Anonymous (PERSON38004)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting bloodletting)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)Previous consultation(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?f12-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person%3A%3AQuerent%20visits%20practitioner;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 5 January 2025.

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