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CASE61076: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40182)

Question asked by Mr George Miles (PERSON33243) on 4 October 1625 at 07:00

RN Mr Georg Myles broght a gentlemā troubled wth melanch & spake to me for him octob 4 ♂ h. 7 ant m 1625

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 8r (upper right part of page)

Mr George Miles (PERSON33243)Anonymous (PERSON40182)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

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

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CASE62503: Horary consultation concerning Michael Adams (PERSON42480)

Question asked by Mr Baker (PERSON43238) on 31 May 1626 at 07:00

RN Michaell Adams of Over. 43. y. may 31. ☿. h 7. ant m. 1626.

[Astrological Chart]

melanch false feares touching sathans illusions fearfulnes of synne |apt to sleepe|1

Mr Baker wrote in his behalfe

Notes:

1 ‘a mynd mtch troubled wth false conceitꝭ & illusions 3 y’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 231v (upper left part of page)

Mr Baker (PERSON43238)Michael Adams (PERSON42480)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy FearMindTroubled)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Devil)

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

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?f38-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20224;f39-querent-sex=Male;f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 4 April 2025.

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