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CASE64428: Horary consultation concerning William King (PERSON52969)

Question asked by King (PERSON52930) on 10 August 1627 at 10:20

RN will: King of Newton longfild 15 weekes old last sonday at thre in the after noone his father came for him Aug 10 ♀ h. 10. 20 ant m 1627. raging & strugling fits & scoureth blood

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (middle right part of page)

King (PERSON52930)William King (PERSON52969)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (RagingFits (passions))

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Diarrhoea and bloody flux)

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

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CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. ♀. h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part of page)

Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Uncategorised)

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?f7-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1627%3A%3A08%3A%3A10;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind, accessed 28 February 2025.

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