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CASE66438: Horary consultation concerning Mr Stephen Crompton (PERSON47335)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 20:20

RN The gentlemā of Coventry \Mr Crompton of Coventrye 26 y/ yt hurt his skull wth a piece & now hath the falling sicknes wth convuls. Iune 24 ♂ h 8. 20 p m 1628 /he came to take physick\ |Iune|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 84r (upper left part of page)

Mr Stephen Crompton (PERSON47335)

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

Medical  (Trauma)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE50387: Horary consultation concerning Mary Wast (PERSON36536)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1620 at 10:10

RW Mary Wast of Kettering \Broughton/ y. 20. d. ♃ h: 10. 10. ant: m: Martij 16. 1620. Epilepsia. fell iij tymes. hath them not well. feeleth a singing in h{is}|er| heade, & then falleth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 144v (upper right part of page)

Mary Wast (PERSON36536)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

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

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE66833: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning John Mason (PERSON54441)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1628 between 11:20 and 17:00

RN Iohn Mason had {a} sore fit of the ep{i}lepsy arising frō his left syde to hi{s} head Aug 17 ☉ h 8 ant m 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 228v (upper right part of page)

John Mason (PERSON54441)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment 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?f26-patient-age-band=020-029;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 20 March 2025.

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