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CASE26402: Horary consultation concerning Ursula V. (PERSON62806)

Question asked by the patient on 21 February 1615 at 07:45

RW Vrsula V: of monkscrisborrow y: 13. d: ♂ . hor: 7. 45. ant: m: Feb: 21. 1615. troubled wth strang sights when shee goeth to bed. Taken wth a shakinge & a prickinge att her hearte.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 204, f. 41r (upper left part of page)

Ursula V. (PERSON62806)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Seeing things )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Treatment  Astrological Chart

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CASE69249: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Wright (PERSON62345)

Question asked by Wright (PERSON62306) between 22 August 1629 at 13:00 and 23 August 1629 at 15:00

RN Agnys Write of Arklebery 12 y lay the sonday after last Christmas h 8 3 9. 30 p m nata but her father sent for her & sayth yt on strooke her by the way like a man in a shadow at night & cryed out but noe mā could be seene & sick sinc it every d|o|ther day & will eate litle & talke fondly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 138r (upper right part of page)

Wright (PERSON62306)Agnes Wright (PERSON62345)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Seeing things Sickness (passions)Idle talk)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

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

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f27-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ASeeing%20things;f28-treatment=Yes, accessed 19 March 2025.

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