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CASE73129: Horary consultation concerning Lady Grace Fortescue [Grace Manners] (PERSON19647)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1631 at 14:15

RN The lady fortiscue sen{t} at this tyne {sic} {illeg} {sic} melancholye & a h {sic} singing in her eare & cā take no rest full of wyd {sic}

D Griffens \or Gifford/ course of physick wheby the \Old/ Lady fortiscue was receaved octob 5 h. 2. 15 p m 163i or {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, pp. 209-210 (p. 209 middle right, p. 210 upper left, and p. 210 upper right)

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CASE70633: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson (PERSON57771)

Question asked by the patient on 29 April 1630 at 11:00

RN Mres Mary Robinson for headach & melanch Ap 29 h. 11 ant m 1630

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 307 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE72344: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Taylor (PERSON59971)

Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1631 at 13:00

RN Mres Taylour of Clapphā 5 38 y Iune 15 h. 1. p m. 163i 2 fig. /mutch melanch head face teeth mutch vryne\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 425 (upper left part of page)

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CASE71555: Horary consultation concerning James Hunt (PERSON52178)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1631 at 09:30

RN {I}ames Hunt of Chauson in the parish of Roxon 29 y march 15. h. 9. 30 ant m 163i. /melanch. laborat mente magis quā Corpore vertigine Capitis of long cōtinuance\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 171 (upper left part of page)

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CASE75628: Horary consultation concerning Sara Bishop (PERSON44232)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1632 no earlier than 15:30

TG Sara Bishop of tringe Annos 31. calebs melancholica, dolore capitis cervicis, lateris dextri et stomachi adeo mentis gravedine vexata

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 55 (upper left part of page)

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CASE76791: Horary consultation concerning Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1633 at 10:00

RN The noble lady magdalen Edgerton

march. 29. h. 10 ant m 1633. |she brought her water. & was prsent.|1

[Astrological Chart]

had thē twice in 3 days before the monthe the first tyme at there ting & had |thē 5 days| & the second tyme a litle before the {sic} came had the flushing 3 days but pale I suppose she had her bleeding before made her have the soner. had a clyster before her pils yest was 3 weekes tooke her pils

Notes:

1 ‘struma heavy sad melanch.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 407 (middle left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE71434: Horary consultation concerning John Headsman (PERSON51291)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1631 at 13:10

Iohn Headsman of Earles Barton 21. y. febr. 25. . h. 1. 10. p m 1631 |married|

complayneth of his back, head & stomack, subiect to melancholy for a weeke

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 136 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73321: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Hector (PERSON51331)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Cade [Bachelor of Divinity] (PERSON45490) on 9 November 1631 at 11:00

RN Mres Anne Hoctor. 18 y new mayed {sic} novēb 1|9|. h 11. ant m 163i

was cured a yere since as Mr Cade writeth. had thē a vomyte \cānot make water Costive/ melanch pass. stomack chest & head

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 279 (bottom right part 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?f25-date=1630-1639;f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 2 April 2025.