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CASE53637: Horary consultation concerning Cicely Tomkins (PERSON20969)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1622 between 11:30 and 13:00

RN Cicely Tomkin of newnton long 40 y mutch troubled in mynd craveth my prayer /

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 12r (bottom left part of page)

Cicely Tomkins (PERSON20969)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Troubled Mind)

Medical  (Requesting prayer)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE54586: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1622 at 16:00

RN Mary Wels \of Redburne/ first taken strangly being devoutely affected wth a gydynes in her head & troubles of mynd & a fearfull trēbling march. 3. ☉ h. 7. 40 ant m. 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Troubled MindFear)

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?f20-extent-of-transcription=Whole%20entry;f21-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1622;f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATroubled, accessed 22 February 2025.

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