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CASE70370: Horary consultation concerning Will (PERSON61838)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Will (PERSON61837) on 31 March 1630 at 12:00

RN Mr \Th/ Will. for his Daughter 11 y troubled wth convuls & falling sicknes at London march 31 ☿ h. 12. 1630.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 219 (upper left part of page)

Mr Thomas Will (PERSON61837)Will (PERSON61838)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Convulsions )

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

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

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CASE70394: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Haselwood (PERSON51132)

Question asked by Sir Anthony Haselwood [Knight] (PERSON51131) on 5 April 1630 at 14:00

RN Mr Edward Hazlewood \Sr Anthony Hazlewood sone/ 2. y. the 3 of march. ☾ morning h. 2. in the morning but the knight his father came for him Ap 5. ☾ h. 2. p m. 1630 |pater filio| |he dyed yt day| \dyed of sore convuls. Chin cough/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 227 (bottom right part of page)

Sir Anthony Haselwood [Knight] (PERSON51131)Mr Edward Haselwood (PERSON51132)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Convulsions )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)

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

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-querent-identified=Yes;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AConvulsions;f5-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20194, accessed 4 February 2025.

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