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CASE15753: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON12466)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1603 at 14:45

GJ Iohn Halfehead of Swallowfield 44 43 y. Octob. 17 ☾ ho 2. 45 p m. 16031

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Despayring melancholye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 149v (upper left part of page)

John Halfhead (PERSON12466)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Despair Melancholy )

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE49065: Horary consultation concerning Harris (PERSON31404)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816) on 23 June 1619 at 08:40

RN my Cosen hee marsh. for Sr Arthur Harrys his Daughter of 17 or 18 y. Iune 22|3| ☿. h. 8. 40 ant m 1619 /strangly troubled wth melanch ready to desp & to make her selfe awey.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 58v (upper right part of page)

Mr Thomas Marsh [March] [the elder] (PERSON4816)Harris (PERSON31404)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction (passions))

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMelancholy Despair Tempted and suicidal)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADespair;f4-treatment=No, accessed 19 March 2025.

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