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CASE76186: Horary consultation concerning Mary Adams (PERSON42508)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41734) on 21 December 1632 at 14:45

RN Mary Adams /her mother in lawe\ an old distracted woman of Buntingford 58 y

Decēb 21. ♀ h. 2. 45 p m 1632. |6 weekes sinc did hurt her body wth a knife|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 227 (middle right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON41734)Mary Adams (PERSON42508)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distracted )

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

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CASE42821: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Franklin (PERSON30616)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38028) on 9 February 1616 at 10:30

RN Mres franklin of Clappā 58 y febr. 9 ♀ h. 10. 30 ant m. 16i61

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 180v (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38028)Mrs Franklin (PERSON30616)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distracted )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Angelic consultationAstrological 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?f19-patient-consent=Not%20specified;f20-patient-age-band=050-059%3A%3A58;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADistracted, accessed 4 April 2025.

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