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CASE43492: Horary consultation concerning Jane Smith (PERSON35528)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38084) on 11 June 1616 at 07:00

RN Iane Smyth of Easton Madith 9 y six weekes after milkemas ☉ night ab h betwixt 9. & 10. in sent heathr Iune 11. ♂ h. 7 ant m. 16i6 /voydeth wormes now & then a xj wormes at on tyme\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘falling sicknes always in her sleepe.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 107v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON38084)Jane Smith (PERSON35528)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)

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

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

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CASE52239: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Sherman (PERSON58654)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON58651) on 29 March 1621 at 09:00

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulvrton 23 y march 29 ♃ h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather wth her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON58651)Lettice Sherman (PERSON58654)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

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

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Falling sickness )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)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-querent-identified=No;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3AFalling%20sickness, accessed 7 February 2025.

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