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CASE26159: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Agnes [Mary] [Anne] Gunter (PERSON19804)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 26 August 1605 at 19:45 and 2 September 1605 at 07:00

RN sept 2

Aug 26 ☾ hor {8} {sic} \8/ p m 1605 I sawe Mary Gūther in her fitte wheathr shee be bewitched or noe. |quæro meā {sic} spōte|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 109r (upper part of page)

Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)Agnes [Mary] [Anne] Gunter (PERSON19804)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

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

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

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1‘

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)

Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812)Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Apoplexy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions  (Fits )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleepiness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Screaming)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)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?f1-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1605;f2-language=Latin;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions%3A%3AFits, accessed 19 November 2024.

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