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CASE38769: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37604)

Question asked by the patient on 13 October 1611

RN Mr Always gentlewomā troubled wth tēptations very desyrous of a purge Octob 13. an old gentlewomā.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 173v (bottom left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON37604)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Tempted and suicidal )

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

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

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CASE47857: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Question asked by the patient on 19 November 1618 at 09:00

RN Goody Kent of Padbery craved something to make her sleepe mutch troubled in mynd & feareth yt she shall kill her selfe as her father did drowne him selfe. novēb. 19 ♃ h 9 ant m 1618 was here prsent

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 93v (upper left part of page)

Goody Joan Kent (PERSON13329)

Medical >Treatment  (Requesting treatment)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (TroubledMindTempted and suicidal )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)DivinationAstrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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;f55-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ATempted%20and%20suicidal;f56-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment, accessed 15 April 2025.

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