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CASE51476: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Busby (PERSON45354)

Question asked by the patient between 30 August 1620 at 14:00 and 31 August 1620 at 09:00

RN Mr Iohn Busbee of london a younge gentlemā for sadnes & melancholy.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 161v (upper right part of page)

Mr John Busby (PERSON45354)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Sadness Melancholy)

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

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CASE76122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Longueville (PERSON32776)

Question asked by the patient on 11 December 1632 at 15:00

TG {Mr} Robert Langfield 14 y {Decem}br. 11 ♂ h. 3. p m. 1632. {Mel}ancholia affectꝯ præter morem tristatur et de salute dubitare et desperare præsumit, jnitium morbi fuit die ♄ 8 Decembr ante viduum.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 208 (upper left part of page)

Mr Robert Longueville (PERSON32776)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MelancholySadness Religious doubtsDespairMorbus (passions))

Practitioner: Mr Theodoricus Gravius (PERSON38835) Treatment Astrological Chart

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CASE12191: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 13:00

RN An Winkles of Hanslop. 60. amisse this 20 yeres: vndr her left side pricketh leeke a dagger. cōbred wth colour. wth slymy black reping geere. goeth vp to her belly & backe. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 1. 1599. sad & hevye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119v (upper left part of page)

Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)

Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)BellyBack)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Choler)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Sadness Heaviness)

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?f26-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f27-judgment=No;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ASadness, accessed 30 March 2025.

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