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CASE74768: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Matthews (PERSON54487)

Question asked by Mrs Matthews (PERSON33106) on 4 June 1632 at 10:38

RN Mres Mathew of Broden for her sone & hayre Mr Iohn mathew 8 yers old in cleare Lent the first sonday

subiect to melancholy he {illeg} sleepeth mutch & seemeth to be aguish subiect to melancholy \delighteth in nothing/ will t {sic} no stomack Aguish

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 208 (upper right part of page)

Mrs Matthews (PERSON33106)Mr John Matthews (PERSON54487) 

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Melancholy)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f3-judgment=No;f4-date=1630-1639;f5-deleted=No;f6-question-asked=Medical;f7-patient-age-band=000-009;f8-participant=Mr%20John%20Matthews%20%28PERSON54487%29, accessed 3 May 2024.

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