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CASE14852: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1603 at 11:45

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ☾ ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talkꝭ Idly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 55v (bottom left part of page)

Lettice Balle (PERSON9405)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Lightheaded (passions)Idle talk )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Treatment PaymentOutcome(s) Patient’s death recorded 

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CASE47110: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Pen (PERSON34203)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1618 at 07:00

RN Thomas Pen of the mallets in Stony stratford 40. 58 y Iuly 19|8| \19 19 {sic}/ ☉ h. 7. ant m 1618 |is very mopish & sencles talketh very idlely.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 186v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mr Thomas Pen (PERSON34203)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MopishIdle talk Lost senses)

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AIdle%20talk;f4-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded, accessed 4 December 2024.

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