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CASE58839: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Hustwhat (PERSON52224)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1624 at 06:00

RN Mr Rob: Hustwate of Bring|t|on 32. y. a batch. Iuly. 28. ☿. h. 6 p|a|nt m. 1624. /studijs mens distracta {frangitr}\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 27r (upper right part of page)

Mr Robert Hustwhat (PERSON52224)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (DistractedWits Weak (passions) )

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

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CASE18188: Horary consultation concerning Joseph Shawe (PERSON15737)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18324) on 8 November 1602 at 11:25

RN Ioseph Shawe of Brafild in ye Green 16 y. novēbr 8 ☾ hor. 11. 25. ant m 1602. fat & hungry frighted in his bed & weakned in his wits & care not whō he striketh not sicke cōplayneth of sore{b}|n|es of his legs armes & sometymes hart.

vide Octob. 11.

cryeth out of a black mā. & black theefe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 236r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18324)Joseph Shawe (PERSON15737)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (FrightedWeak (passions) Wits )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsArms)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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%3AWeak%20%28passions%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AWits, accessed 31 March 2025.

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