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CASE30277: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Lingard (PERSON24232)

Question asked by Lingard (PERSON24231) on 8 November 1606 at 07:20

RN Elis Lingard of Lowick a yere & a quartr novēb. 8 ♄ hor 7. 20 ant m. 1606. /pater sine consensu\12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘morbꝯ comitialis’ in chart

2 ‘convulsio.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 18r (upper left part of page)

Lingard (PERSON24231)Elizabeth Lingard (PERSON24232)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE75463: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Catesby (PERSON45756)

Question asked by the patient on 1 August 1632 at 07:00

RN falling sicknes & suffoc of the mother Aug. 1. ☿ h. ♂ h. 7 ant m 1632

Mres Elis Catesbee 12 y yt had many fits almost 20 in a day susp. Elis. Marrshall.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 435 (upper left part of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Catesby (PERSON45756)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

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

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment

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-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f2-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 8 January 2025.

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