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CASE45966: Horary consultation concerning Francis Manners [The younger Lord Ros] (PERSON32943)

Question asked by Cicely Manners [Countess of Rutland] (PERSON32944) on 17 January 1618 at 12:40

RN The Countes of Rutland sent for me to come to Beaver to my young lord1 taken with the epilepsy Ianuary 17 h: 12 40 p m 1618

I went not

Notes:

1 ‘my lord /francis\ Rosse’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 159r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

Cicely Manners [Countess of Rutland] (PERSON32944)Francis Manners [The younger Lord Ros] (PERSON32943)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE46175: Nativity for John White (PERSON36738)

Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1618 at 11:39

RN Iohn White of Cardington natus martij 21. ☉ h. 7. 15 p m 16 1590 /epilepsia\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 16v (upper left part of page)

John White (PERSON36738)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f2-patient-sex=Male;f4-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1618;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 4 March 2025.

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