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CASE77503: Decumbiture for Jane [Jean] Lightfoote (PERSON53731) and Lightfoote (PERSON53719) and Anonymous (PERSON41888)

Question asked by Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721) on 7 June 1633 at 20:30

RN feb. 4 his wife his boy & his child strangly taken wth vomyting feb. 4. h. 3. p m 1633. /the gearle dyed about yt tyme\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 205 (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)

Mr Anthony Lightfoote (PERSON53721)Jane [Jean] Lightfoote (PERSON53731)Lightfoote (PERSON53719)Anonymous (PERSON41888)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting  (Nausea)

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

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CASE10123: Horary consultation concerning Robert Hill (PERSON12756)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17479) on 2 March 1600 at 11:00

RN Robart Hill of litlington 8 y f {sic} March. 2. die ☉ ♄ {sic}. 11. ant m 1600 payned in his throate hath an arising in his stomack to his throate backe & syde.

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 4v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17479)Robert Hill (PERSON12756)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting  (Nausea)

Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachBackSide(s))

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted)

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-patient-sex=Male;f2-treatment=Yes;f3-recipe=No;f4-patient-knowledge=Not%20specified;f5-practitioner-is-patient=No;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ANausea%20and%20vomiting, accessed 2 July 2024.

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