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CASE21737: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1604 at 10:30

RN Elisabeth Child of Puddington 26. y married. 2 child. yongest 2 yere old almost novēb. 20. ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m 1604.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1‘

metuit cōsūptē et maleficiū

harte plucked sorely.

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 185r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Consumed)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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CASE74922: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50

RN Mres many|ry| peyton of weare 26 or 28 y. was fat & of a sanguyne cōplexion |taken| lame on the right syde no physick will helpe for she hath had the opium of many Doctors. Iune 21 ♃ h. 7. 50 p m 1632.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 254 (upper left part of page)

The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)

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

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

Personal affairs >Personal relations  (Witchcraft suspect )

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

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

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-querent-age-band=020-029%3A%3A26;f2-question-asked=Personal%20affairs%3A%3APersonal%20relations%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suspect;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 11 February 2025.

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