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CASE38634: Horary consultation concerning Henry Thomson (PERSON36005)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37592) on 2 September 1611 at 12:00

RN Henry Tomson of lowton. 25 y {T} Septemb. 2 ☾. h. 12. 1611.

mopish & foolish almost every day alike. & will laugh at his owne folly.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 158r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37592)Henry Thomson (PERSON36005)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (MopishFoolish Laughing)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE44371: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Williams (PERSON36869)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1617 at 11:39

RN Margaret Darl Williams of Darly 30 y feb 28 ♀ h. 12. 11. 39. ant m 16171

[Astrological Chart]

margaret wyll: 30 y feb 28 ♀ h. 11. 39 ant m. 1617. a mad. foolish womā wth ye losse of her child yt dyed.2

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lunatick 6 weekes for the death of her childe yt dyed in her armes suddenly.’ in chart

2 ‘gydy {heded} {sic} hedded lunatick for her child dyed suddenly.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 74r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Margaret Williams (PERSON36869)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)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?f52-date=1610-1619;f54-judgment=No;f55-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AFoolish, accessed 13 April 2025.

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