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CASE67724: Horary consultation concerning Williams (PERSON61843)

Question asked by Mrs Mary Williams (PERSON61869) on 14 February 1629 between 14:20 and 16:45

RN Mres Williams yt lay at Hoppins 2. y. sinc inquireth the cause why Her child Dyed of a swelling susp to be witched.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 54r (bottom part of page)

Mrs Mary Williams (PERSON61869) Williams (PERSON61843)

Personal affairs>Life stories (Death)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-info=Patient%E2%80%99s%20death%20recorded;f2-question-asked=Medical;f3-participant=Mrs%20Mary%20Williams%20%28PERSON61869%29, accessed 17 November 2024.

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