Selected Cases in Full
We have transcribed the full text of several hundred cases and grouped them by theme. These transcriptions are intended to be read alongside the edition and the images of the manuscripts on the full Casebooks website. This is where you will find information about the astrologer, the querent/patient, and other details for each case. The unique case number is linked to the main Casebooks website at the foot of each entry.
Spellings are modernised and dates standardised for ease of reading and searching. Unusual terms are explained in our glossary. Astrology and treatment information are indicated but not always transcribed. The astrological annotation directly below the chart is taken to be part of the chart and is not indicated.
The tagging is rudimentary but—unlike the search functions on the main site—covers material in the judgment and treatment as well as question sections of the entries. Tags for an individual cases are listed when that case is selected. To do a text search, select All transcribed cases and use your browser’s search function.
For how to cite this material see here.
All transcribed cases
Witchcraft
Venereal disease
Olivia Weisser
Mind-gut connection
Michael Walkden
Angels
Ofer Hadass
Study
Troubled in mind
Chastity diseases
Boyd Brogan
Devil, haunted, possessed
Tied, chained, restrained
Fruitfulness
Many of these cases feature in Lauren Kassell, ‘Fruitful Bodies and Astrological Medicine’, in Reproduction: Antiquity to the Present Day, ed. Nick Hopwood, Rebecca Flemming and Lauren Kassell (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Taken in by mouth
Frenzy
Philippa Carter
Dreams, Visions, Voices
Sleeping and Waking
Love
Animals
Bad Marriages
Leah Astbury
Can Beget No Child
Leah Astbury
Childbirth and After
Leah Astbury
Finances and Family
Paternity
Physic and Treatment
Senseless, Speechless, Sleepless
Trauma
Women in Service
Laura Gowing