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CASE56871: Horary consultation concerning Cook (PERSON46823)

Question asked by Margery Cook (PERSON46878) on 9 August 1623 at 15:00

RN Marg: Cooke of Cranfild 22 y Aug 9 h {sic} hor 3. p m. 1623 |her child 13 weekes old sub to the falling sicknes will skreame stretch it selfe out|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 190r (upper left part of page)

Margery Cook (PERSON46878)Cook (PERSON46823)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE71004: Horary consultation concerning William Hearne (PERSON51307)

Question asked by Goody Dorothy Hearne (PERSON51311) on 2 June 1630 at 17:00

RN williā Heurne of Shavington 6 |7| myles frō Oxf & hard by Tame/ a yere old 19. of may. ♂ h. before sonne rising. came to me brought by his mother Iune 2. ☿ h 5 p m 16301

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘epilep’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 435 (upper left part of page)

Goody Dorothy Hearne (PERSON51311)William Hearne (PERSON51307)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE71005: Nativity for William Hearne (PERSON51307)

Question asked by Goody Dorothy Hearne (PERSON51311) on 2 June 1630 at 17:00

RN natus may 19 ♂ h {3} ant m 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘epilep’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 435 (upper right part of page)

Goody Dorothy Hearne (PERSON51311)William Hearne (PERSON51307)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE42598: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON38004)

Question asked by Mrs Bridgetta Pix (PERSON14971) on 27 October 1615 at 11:30

RN Mres Pix brought her brothr to be let blood vnder the tongue for ye falling sicknes octob 27 ♀ h. 11 30 ant m 1615

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 137v (upper right part of page)

Mrs Bridgetta Pix (PERSON14971)Anonymous (PERSON38004)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting bloodletting)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)Previous consultation(s)

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CASE28470: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Longueville (PERSON13771) and Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)

Question asked by Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783) on 29 March 1605 at 13:00

RN young lady longfild sent me a lettr touching her child yt is sicke march. 29 ♀ h. 1. p m. 1605.

feareth falling sicknes

my lady his mothr quærit an mat{illeg}|rix| |eius| sit gravida. {illeg} {sic}1

[Astrological Chart]

my Edward longfild borne Apr. 17. ♂ h. 8. 40 p m 16{illeg} 1604.

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Young Lady Catherine Longueville [Mrs Catherine Carey] (PERSON13783)Mr Edward Longueville (PERSON13771)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f2-querent-age-band=020-029;f3-patient-consent=Not%20specified;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 15 January 2025.

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