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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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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)

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CASE21964: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Stafford (PERSON16109)

Question asked by the patient on 26 February 1605 at 14:30

RN Mres Stafford of westbury 29 y feb 26. h. 2. 30 p m 1605 in prsentia hed ill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 222v (upper left part of page)

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CASE20990: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1604 at 10:25

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12083: Horary consultation concerning William Loveles (PERSON13804)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1599 at 09:00

RN Williā Lovely of Newport 60. greeped & tormented at the harte ready to make him selfe away & of his brest: the 15 of Martij die . h. 9 metuit venefic: 1599 hed & face swelleth.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE77291: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 16 May 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 h 7 ant m 1633

came into my prsenc wth there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled wth divrse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 136 (upper left, 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?f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind;f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 27 January 2025.