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CASE15753: Horary consultation concerning John Halfhead (PERSON12466)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1603 at 14:45

GJ Iohn Halfehead of Swallowfield 44 43 y. Octob. 17 ☾ ho 2. 45 p m. 16031

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Despayring melancholye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 149v (upper left part of page)

John Halfhead (PERSON12466)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (DespairMelancholy )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Judgment  Astrological Chart

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CASE50379: Horary consultation concerning John Colman (PERSON29195)

Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1620 at 10:00

RW Iohn Coleman of Little Brickhill d. ♂ h: 10. ante m Martij. 14. 1620. hath not slept for 5 or 6 dayes: crazed in his brayne: troubled with melancholy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 143v (upper left part of page)

John Colman (PERSON29195)

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

Practitioner: Mr Robert Wallis (PERSON36434)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?f53-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f54-astrologer=Other;f55-judgment=Yes, accessed 15 April 2025.

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