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CASE26242: Horary consultation concerning Frances Dorrington (PERSON62624)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1607 at 06:15

RN francis dorrington 19 y Ap 24. ♀ h. 6. 15 ant m 1607 a gentlewomā subiect to many melancholy passions swodings {sic} mother |lighte headed./|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 167r (upper, and middle left parts of page)

Frances Dorrington (PERSON62624)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy Lightheaded (passions))

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

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

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CASE30649: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Worly (PERSON21244)

Question asked by the patient on 14 February 1607 at 15:20

RN Isbell Worly of Strixen 50 y feb. 14 h {sic}. hor 3. 20 p m 1607.

troubled in mynd

full of melancholy

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

Isabel Worly (PERSON21244)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMindMelancholy )

Medical  (Not specified in question)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Previous consultation(s)

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?f4-practitioner-is-querent=No;f5-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1607;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 13 February 2025.

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