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CASE56500: Horary consultation concerning Sir Robert Boswell (PERSON44503)

Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1623 at 08:00

RN Sr Rob Boswell 64 y Iune 13 ♀ h. 8 ant m {1623} was strange hurted

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 131v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Sir Robert Boswell (PERSON44503) 

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction )

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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=1620-1629;f2-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f3-patient-sex=Male;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction;f5-participant=Sir%20Robert%20Boswell%20%28PERSON44503%29, accessed 23 May 2024.

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