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A digital edition of Simon Forman's and Richard Napier's medical records, 1596-1634 Directed by @laurenkassell.bsky.social Funded by the Wellcome Trust www.casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk #histmed #histsci #earlymodern #astrology

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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
CASEBOOKS THERAPY Always online, never dull Weds 27 May, 3pm CEST DM @laurenkassell.bsky.social for link @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @jakubochocinski.bsky.social @hpscambridge.bsky.social @camdiglib.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #astrology #histmed #earlymodern
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Once a month some people ... attend Casebooks Therapy. Join us Weds 29 Apr, 3pm CEST to read #astrology #histmed #earlymodern #manuscripts. DM @laurenkassell.bsky.social for the link. @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @jakubochocinski.bsky.social @camdiglib.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What happened in the consulting room of an astrologer physician in rural England 400 years ago? Find out at CASEBOOKS THERAPY, Wed 25 Mar DM @laurenkassell.bsky.social for details @hagenilda.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @jakubochocinski.bsky.social #histmed #astrology @eui-history.bsky.social
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Casebooks Therapy — where experts and enthusiasts gather to discuss hard to read, often tragic, sometimes life-affirming medical records that aren't even #medieval — will take place on Weds, 25 Feb, 3pm Florence time. Always online, never dull. DM or email @laurenkassell.bsky.social for the link.
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This, from the @hpscasebooks.bsky.social bio of Simon Forman, is sending me: 'Simon Forman numbers amongst the best documented Elizabethans, not because he exercised power or changed the course of history, but because he wrote about himself, in tireless, vivid, mundane detail'.
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This Wednesday (28 Jan) we are back again reading Forman and Napier. Dm if you’d like to join! @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks
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Mackenzie Cooley @mackenziecooley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Please submit essays via email to earlysciencesforum@gmail.com by February 15, 2026 with a cover letter stating your name and the title of the article; the winner will be notified in the spring of 2026, in plenty of time to arrange for travel.
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Mackenzie Cooley @mackenziecooley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Please follow the ESM style guide and make sure that your paper has been anonymized. ESM publishes images in color and black-and-white; the author will handle permissions.
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Mackenzie Cooley @mackenziecooley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
spreading the news about the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize 2026 Competition! Early Science and Medicine and the Early Sciences Forum of the History of Science Society's prize competition for the best essay...
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Online this Wednesday, 3-4pm Florence time @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Casebooks Therapy is happening this week. Details below. @laurenkassell.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social @camdiglib.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #histsci #histmed #emhist #astrology
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Join us tomorrow (29 October) for #casebookstherapy!! @jakubochocinski.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @laurenkassell.bsky.social #histmed #astrology #histsci #earlymodern
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Casebooks Therapy is back! Here’s our schedule for 2025-2026. As usual, everyone is welcome to bring cases to read from the digital edition casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk or to simply come along and enjoy! Our first session is next month, 29 October. For the zoom link, please dm or email me
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Casebooks is here. Stay tuned for the #casebookstherapy 2025-2026 schedule #histmed #histsci #earlymodern #astrology @jakubochocinski.bsky.social
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