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CASE47077: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Ratte (PERSON34585)

Question asked by the patient on 14 July 1618 at 11:00

RN Mr Ratte of Kethorpe Iu 60 y. Iuly 14. ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618. vide Iulij 7 |chest & belly mutch wynd & very hot wheather he will escape sometymes well hath 3 or {sic} fits every day. cānot sleepe|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 180r (upper left part of page)

Mr John Ratte (PERSON34585)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestBelly)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)

Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))

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

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

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

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CASE47857: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1618 at 09:00

RN Goody Kent of Padbery craved something to make her sleepe mutch troubled in mynd & feareth yt she shall kill her selfe as her father did drowne him selfe. novēb. 19 ♃ h 9 ant m 1618 was here prsent

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledMindTempted and suicidal)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)DivinationAstrological 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f4-info=Astrological%20chart;f5-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1618, accessed 8 January 2025.

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