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CASE65512: Decumbiture for Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Question asked by Mr William Stap (PERSON59508) on 13 March 1628 at 13:30 or at 13:40

RN was yesterday after eating of a pigeon grew very desp. sick about 12 at night march: 12. ☿ h. 12 p m 1628 \full of melanch & disc/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 127Av (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

Mr William Stap (PERSON59508)Mrs Sybil Worsly (PERSON62269)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Melancholy Discontentment)

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

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CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39510)Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Tempted and suicidalMelancholy )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment  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-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f2-judgment=Yes;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AMelancholy, accessed 18 January 2025.

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