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CASE30391: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Martha Farrar [Farren] (PERSON11665)

Question asked by the patient on 22 December 1606 at 12:30

RN Mres farrer of Harrold. 54. y Decēb. 22 y ☾ h. 12. 30 p m. 16061

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distēpered in mynd’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 39r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

Old Mrs Martha Farrar [Farren] (PERSON11665)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distempered (passions) Mind)

Medical  (Not specified in question)

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

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CASE27344: Horary consultation concerning Alice Lelam (PERSON20174)

Question asked by Lelam (PERSON20173) on 24 May 1606 at 09:45

RN Alce lelā of Brixworth. 33 y septēb vj. h. 3. 30. p m husb sent to me agayne may 24 ♄ hor. 9. 45. ant m. 1606.

hart hole but brayne distēp wits & sences gone

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 140r (upper left part of page)

Lelam (PERSON20173)Alice Lelam (PERSON20174)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Lost sensesDistempered (passions) Brain (passions))

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

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?f3-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f8-patient-sex=Female;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADistempered%20%28passions%29, accessed 16 April 2025.

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