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CASE56610: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39700)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) on 30 June 1623 at 11:00

RN My Lady Wentwort for a new serv 36 y Iune 30 ☾ h. 11. ant m 1623. /{of} Tyddington\ a burning feaver. cānot sleepe hed troubled wth fancyes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 149r (upper left part of page)

Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662)Anonymous (PERSON39700)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Fancies )

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

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CASE56686: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Spenser (PERSON59333)

Question asked by Mr Nicholas Spenser (PERSON35623) on 10 July 1623 at 11:45

RN Mr Georg Spencer of Coaple 50 y mutch distempered in his head by melancholy conceitꝭ to wch he yealdeth to overmutch Iuly 10 ♃ h. 11. 45 ant m 1623

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 161v (upper left part of page)

Mr Nicholas Spenser (PERSON35623)Mr George Spenser (PERSON59333)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distempered (passions)Head (passions)MelancholyFancies )

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

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?f29-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20218;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AFancies;f32-recipe=No, accessed 10 January 2025.

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