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CASE47955: Decumbiture for Mrs Lucy Hainsworth (PERSON23557)

Question asked by Mr Hainsworth (PERSON23555) on 12 December 1618 at 14:00

RN Mres Haynsworth of Stonystratford 35 y & as mutch as frō the 4 of August last was strangly taken at the hart & did swound often tymes almost Dead Decēb. 9. ☿ h 12 1618.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

Mr Hainsworth (PERSON23555)Mrs Lucy Hainsworth (PERSON23557)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint  (Swooning)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment  Outcome(s)DivinationAstrological Chart 

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CASE63437: Decumbiture for Mr George Steward (PERSON59608)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40408) on 18 March 1627 at 12:00

RN March. 13. ♂ in ye morning about 7 fell into a convulsive swonding fits & had 4 sore fits

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 29v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40408)Mr George Steward (PERSON59608)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint  (Swooning)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment  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-language=English;f2-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f3-deleted=No;f4-practitioner-is-patient=No;f5-treatment=Yes;f6-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person;f7-has-astro-chart=Yes;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint, accessed 19 June 2024.

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