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CASE48990: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Wilkes (PERSON36836)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1619 at 10:00

RN Mr Edw. Wilx. \of layton/ 40 y Iune 14 ☾ h. 10. ant: m 1619 |splene a heavynes & melanch. making him vnlusty|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 44r (bottom right part of page)

Mr Edward Wilkes (PERSON36836)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Splenetic)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy Heaviness)

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

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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| ☿. h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816)Harris (PERSON31404)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction (passions))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMelancholy DespairTempted and suicidal)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f16-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1619%3A%3A06;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f18-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear, accessed 1 February 2025.

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