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CASE45041: Horary consultation concerning William Athew (PERSON27520)

Question asked by the patient on 31 May 1617 at 12:30

RN Will Athew of Easton Mawdyt about 15 or 16 {y} ant{sic} 1617 may 31. h {sic} hor 12 30 p m 1617. light headed a weeke & doth laugh & was in prsenc.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 181v (upper right part of page)

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CASE47346: Decumbiture for Richard Sanders (PERSON35065)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1618 at 14:00

RN Rich Sanders of Han Shenly 20 y Aug. 21 h. 9. 30 p m 1618 taken falled into a sudden strang laughing did nothing but laugh

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 5r (upper right part of page)

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CASE64626: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Mariot (PERSON54259)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1627 at 12:30

RN mres may {sic} had her first fits Se{p}{sic} \Sept/ 11. h. 8. 20 p m 1627 /will laugh in her fits\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘had 30 fits of the mother’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 220r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE42054: Decumbiture for Cicely Cowden (PERSON29433)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1615 at 10:40

RN Cicely Cowden of Newp. 15 y Iune 24. h {sic} hor 5. 20 p m 1615

[Astrological Chart]

at this tyme her laughing frentick fitt began.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 49v (upper left part of page)

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CASE63016: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Morgan [Smith] [Mrs Mary Smith] (PERSON33376)

Question asked by the patient on 26 October 1626 at 09:30

RN Mary Morgā of Gothurst 26 y octob 26 9. 30 ant m 1626.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed talketh mtch {sic} & laugheth’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 326v (upper right part of page)

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CASE75781: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Cockman (PERSON46457)

Question asked by the patient on 26 October 1632 at 14:00

RN Mr Cockmā \of Welling Woullyson/ octob 36 {sic} h. 2 p m. 1632 |will take no clyster but willing to take| |will laugh & be mery. talketh mutch a Cough a cold.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 99 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE60464: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52584)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1625 at 16:20

RN Iohn: Ihounson. of this {towne} 28. y. may. 17. h. 4 20 a|p| m 1625.

he laughed rage & spake of a wench called Bun{illeg} \Eliz: Bungie Burnabee./ that he would have & spake extragavants1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘In a very mad moode.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 93v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11744: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by the patient between 11 October 1598 at 07:45 and 12 October 1598 at 08:30

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die . h noctis circ 12 1596.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Susan Blundell

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE73937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 5 March 1632 at 17:00

RN Mres Crescet of Edmunton 24 21. h. 5: p m. 1632 /doth laught in her feetes\ /epileps. matricis\ /sencles\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 483 (upper left part of page)

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CASE31740: Horary consultation concerning Joan Dickins (PERSON22916)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1607 at 08:50

RN Ione Dickings of Stocke golding 20 y Iune 22 h. 8. 50 ant m 1607. frigted or haunted wth some ill sprite mopish wōt to Drowne her selfe |suspecteth on lanckford min onc curat of b|w|oulvrton. nevr well since he was there.|

deus eius nostri miseratr. in prsenc mopish sottish laugheth looketh well.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 228v (upper left part of page)

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CASE54298: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Esther [Hester] Taylor [Conqueste] (PERSON46740)

Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1622 at 13:20

RN Mres Hester Conquest. \of Howton Conquest./ 21 y may 25 h {sic} hor 1. p m 1622. \a convulsive palsy at ye right syde cānot speake but laugh or weeke {sic}/

Mres Hester Conquest may 2{illeg}|5|. h {sic} hor 1. 20 p m 16221

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1paralysis convuls. laugh & weepe cānot speake’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 127r (bottom right, and upper right parts of page)

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-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f24-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ALaughing, accessed 9 January 2025.