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CASE50387: Horary consultation concerning Mary Wast (PERSON36536)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1620 at 10:10

RW Mary Wast of Kettering \Broughton/ y. 20. d. ♃ h: 10. 10. ant: m: Martij 16. 1620. Epilepsia. fell iij tymes. hath them not well. feeleth a singing in h{is}|er| heade, & then falleth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 144v (upper right part of page)

Mary Wast (PERSON36536)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434) Astrological Chart

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CASE15006: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18014) on 25 May 1603 at 13:30

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fittꝭ of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and leggꝭ

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ☿ ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18014)Anonymous (PERSON18015)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck  (Head )

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172)

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?f31-practitioner=Other;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 23 February 2025.

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