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A digital edition of Simon Forman’s & Richard Napier’s medical records 1596–1634
Most portrayals of astrologers at work are satirical. This project takes seriously the encounters between the astrologer and his clients. ‘Credulous lady & astrologer’, a colour stipple-engraving by Pierre Simon after John Raphael Smith, c. 1800.
Wellcome Library, London
Simon Forman, the notorious London astrologer, recorded 10,000
consultations between 1596 and 1603. Most of these are medical.
Forman’s casebooks can now be searched by name (of any party
involved), date, sex, age, topic of consultation and many other
criteria. The edition includes images of all the manuscript pages of
Forman’s first volume, and more will follow soon at:
http://www.magicandmedicine.hps.cam.ac.uk
Please send feedback to Dr Lauren Kassell
Department of History & Philosophy of Science
about how you are using the site–and about
how you would like to be able to use it.
hps-casebooks@lists.cam.ac.uk
