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CASE13522: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301) on 13 July 1598 at 10:09

RN |1598. 1598| Elisab. Miller mutche \at newport/ mutch disquieted Iulij 13. die ♃. h ant. m. 10. 9. m. at sermon time shee raved & cursed & spake very fanely & foolishly1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘maritus vxore sine consensu./’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 193v (upper part of page)

Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301)Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (DisquietedRavingIdle talk )

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

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CASE70044: Horary consultation concerning Anne Knot (PERSON53197)

Question asked by the patient on 11 February 1630 at 16:00

Anne Knott of Holcott a widowe 46. y. Feb. 11. ♃. h. 4. p. m. 1630

Is light headed & talketh very idley sometimes rageth & raueth, hath beene soe eur since Saturday, since yesterday hath beene very ill. cannot sleepe1

[Astrological Chart]

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1 ‘Light headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 100 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anne Knot (PERSON53197)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Lightheaded (passions)Idle talk RagingRavingIllness (passions)Sleeplessness (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Ralph Ruddle (PERSON57997) Treatment 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AIdle%20talk;f4-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f5-querent-age-band=040-049, accessed 30 January 2025.

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