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CASE64386: Decumbiture for Patience Worcester (PERSON62242)

Question asked by Mr William Worcester (PERSON62233) on 2 August 1627 at 10:00

RN Mr Worcesters child of Olny a quarter of a yere old taken strangly wth convulsions Aug. 1. ☿ h. 11 p m 16271

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1 ‘Convulsions’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 178v (upper left part of page)

Mr William Worcester (PERSON62233)Patience Worcester (PERSON62242)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction (passions) )

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

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

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-number-of-querents=Single%20querent;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction%20%28passions%29;f4-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1627%3A%3A08, accessed 12 November 2024.

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