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CASE43074: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Ursula Warner (PERSON36494)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1616 at 09:40

RN Mres \vrsula/ warner of Hyēs feryes 30 y march. 25 {illeg}|☾| h. 9. 40 ant m. 16i6.

full of melancholy. & would know wheather yt |she| be not is poysned.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 38r (bottom left part of page)

Old Mrs Ursula Warner (PERSON36494)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Medical  (Poison)

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

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CASE43036: Horary consultation concerning Lady Susan Longueville [Mrs Susan Longueville] [Lady Susan Grey] (PERSON32785)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1616 at 11:00

RN The lady Susā longfild \Graye/ march. 16 h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 16i6. sent her wate{r} aguish. melanch hottish weak rising in her stomacke./ |29 y|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 31r (bottom right part of page)

Lady Susan Longueville [Mrs Susan Longueville] [Lady Susan Grey] (PERSON32785)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)

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

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?f56-deleted=No;f57-date=1610-1619%3A%3A1616%3A%3A03;f58-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 16 April 2025.

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