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CASE73937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1632 at 17:00

RN Mres Crescet of Edmunton 24 21. ☾ h. 5: p m. 1632 /doth laught in her feetes\ /epileps. matricis\ /sencles\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278) 

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lost sensesLaughing)

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

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

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CASE73938: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 3 May 1632 at 17:00

RN was taken this morning wth a fit h. 12. 30 p m 1632 /swounded at this tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper right part of page)

Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278) 

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

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

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

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CASE75821: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 1 November 1632 at 10:30

RN Mres Cresset of vpton Cresset for her falling sicknes 24 y oc Novēb. 1. ♃ h. 10. 30 ant m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 114 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278) 

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

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

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CASE73685: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by Mr Richard Cresset (PERSON47277) on 24 January 1632 at 13:20

RN Quæritr \Dns Crescet quærit sine consensu./ vtrū vxor recuperabit pristinā sanitatē et a morbo qo laborat liberabitr Ian 24. ♂ h. 1. 20 p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 410 (upper left part of page)

Mr Richard Cresset (PERSON47277)Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278) 

Medical >Prognosis (Recovery (‘mend or no’))

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

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?f12-question-asked=Medical;f13-date=1630-1639%3A%3A1632;f14-participant=Mrs%20Jane%20Cresset%20%28PERSON47278%29, accessed 19 May 2025.

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