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CASE13421: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241)

Question asked by the patient between 14 October 1597 and 16 July 1598

RN Els. Butch: cæpit ægrot. 1597 Octob. 13. die ♃. h. post {sic} h. 9. she ke {sic} quivereth & trembleth. shee feared least shee was bewitched but she mended a weake after.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 111v (upper part of page)

Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Aegritudo)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Trembling )

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

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

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CASE53584: Horary consultation concerning Joan Peckaver (PERSON56469)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39377) on 18 February 1622 at 17:30

RN Ione Peccaver of Brackly 37. y. febr. 18. ☾ h. 5. 2|3|0 p. m 1622

sickned this day sennet about xj in the morning wth a shiverīg cold & quærit an sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 185v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39377)Joan Peckaver (PERSON56469)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Sickness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed  (Trembling )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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-language=Latin;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ATrembling;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29, accessed 20 January 2025.

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