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CASE48601: Nativity for Mrs Frances Digby (PERSON29826)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 no earlier than 16:40

RN Mres francis Digbye Sr Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēbr. before 7 in ye morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|

mutch troubled wth melanch pass apt to weep wthout any iust case.

nata Octob 29 h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in ye stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. wth a |continuall| payne at her hart at yt tyme of all on her left syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 347v (upper left part of page)

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CASE25429: Horary consultation concerning Robert Lea (PERSON24166)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1610 at 11:00

RN Robart lea of Whaddon 2{illeg}|35|. y. a child of 3 yeres Octob. 5 h. 11. ant m 16i0.

of a melancholy cōstit sad heavy lūpish stomack loveth no cōpany/1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mopish.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 131r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58463: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Bosse (PERSON44470)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1624 at 15:30

RN Mres Bosse of Berton 36 \31/ y may 17 3. 30 p m. 1624

a heavyness about her hart.

3 of Mr fl{anckin}gs sister feare melancholy & worie

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 193r (upper right part of page)

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%3AMelancholy;f6-patient-age-band=030-039;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AHeaviness, accessed 14 February 2025.