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CASE63233: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 18:25

RN My Cosen \Thomas/ marshes wife of Darkes feb 2 15 h. 6 25 p m 1627 mtch {sic} melanch breae {sic} & imaginat troubled 12 monts {sic}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75212: Horary consultation concerning Mary Gurry (PERSON50525)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1632 at 13:45

RN mary B Gur{illeg}y|ry|e of Goldington 33 y Aug 1. h. 1. 45 p m 1632. a distēpered melancholy brayn1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a melancholy distēp brayne’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 350 (middle right, and middle centre parts of page)

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CASE44409: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edmond [Edward] Franklin (PERSON30611)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1617 at 15:30

RN Mr Edmunde franklin march 11. h. 3. 30 p m 1617 /in prsenc {he} {sic} melanch hypocōd. a mighty troubled brayne\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 79v (upper left part of page)

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ABrain%20%28passions%29;f57-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy;f58-judgment=No, accessed 19 April 2025.