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CASE12383: Horary consultation concerning John Kilpine (PERSON13358)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 09:00

RN Iohn Kilpine of Northe Crowly 23. yeres old sent vnto me for his disease who hath bene troubled wth a falling sicknes who fometh very litle but Drouleth. who falleth when it taketh him on his backe & |st|retcheth him selfe a {sic} & prsently riseth again & is well. as often as any thing hitteth him or stūbleth or at meate if any thinge feareth him it come as it were by a frightment Maij 5. die . h. 9 ant m. 1599. very desirous his father should come.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 150v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13137: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17774) between 12 February 1597 and 6 September 1597

RN Susan Blundell 1597. feb. 12 die . h in med. noct. 12. 30. m. was evilly handled of her disease. & it first toke her. in the night ready to choake her. /she became as a naturall chaingling. before she dyed & died in yt sort\1

[Astrological Chart]

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1 ‘the falling sicknes of wch she dyed’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 175, f. 33v (upper part of page)

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?f13-date=1590-1599;f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ADisease, accessed 19 February 2025.