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CASE75821: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Question asked by the patient on 1 November 1632 at 10:30

RN Mres Cresset of vpton Cresset for her falling sicknes 24 y oc Novēb. 1. ♃ h. 10. 30 ant m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 114 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Jane Cresset (PERSON47278)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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CASE75858: Decumbiture for Thomas Hornedalle (PERSON51884)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1632 at 11:30

RN Thomas Hurndale. 21 y taken strangly & terrrifyed wth the falling sicknes no Octob 31. ☿ h. 11 p m 1632 /h 10. 30 p m. 1632\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 126 (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Thomas Hornedalle (PERSON51884)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Fear)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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?f59-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20214;f60-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness;f61-patient-knowledge=Patient%20asked%20the%20question, accessed 1 March 2025.

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