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CASE55849: Horary consultation concerning Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) and Mr Edward Hurst [Goodman Hurst] (PERSON31990)

Question asked by Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) on 24 March 1623 at 15:29

RN Mr Skynner an Attorney of Hitching 55 y for his neighb Mr Hust & also for his owne disease wch is a shaking palsy not benūmed & mutch troubled wth the wynd Cholick |wheathr bath good.| body drye cōpl melanch.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 33r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Skinner (PERSON58865)Mr Edward Hurst [Goodman Hurst] (PERSON31990)

Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyTrembling)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (WindColic)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy Not specified in question)

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

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CASE75591: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)

Question asked by the patient on 29 September 1632 at 10:30

RN Mr {sic} Taylour

Mr Crawly mynister to Iustice Taylour 28 y Sept. 29. h {sic} hor. 10 30 ant m 1632. rheume melanch

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 43 (bottom left part of page)

Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Rheumy (Rheum)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3ALaw%2C%20justice%2C%20state;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 11 February 2025.

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