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CASE44758: Horary consultation concerning Richard Shorland (PERSON35296)

Question asked by Shorland (PERSON35295) on 23 April 1617 at 13:39

RN Rich. Shermā Shorland of floure by {illeg} {sic} Hayford 26 y the 2 sonday in lent last betwixt 9 & eleaven in the morning his father came for him Ap 23. ☿. h. 1. 39 p m. 1617 /pater filio sine consensu.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted in his brayne’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 135r (upper left part of page)

Shorland (PERSON35295)Richard Shorland (PERSON35296)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distracted Brain (passions) )

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

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CASE60980: Horary consultation concerning Mr Love (PERSON53896)

Question asked by the patient on 20 August 1625 at 09:30

RN Mr Love yt mayed {sic} Mr Vuedales daughter 34 y Aug 20 h {sic} hor 9. 30 ant m. 1625. |troubled wth melanch ready to cause distract of brayne|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 175r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Love (PERSON53896)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MelancholyDistracted Brain (passions) )

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

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?f47-judgment=Yes;f54-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ABrain%20%28passions%29;f55-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADistracted, accessed 26 February 2025.

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