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CASE12649: Decumbiture for Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)

Question asked by Franknill (PERSON11935) on 6 September 1599 at 11:20

RN Isbell franknill of drayton sloe. 61. taken speechles last friday as at candle light. as shee was dressing of a sore leg. sodenly taken nowe question is wheathr p. taken or besp Sept. August. 31. die ♀ h. 7. p m. 1599. cannot styrre her syd nor hand. a ded palsye.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 195v (upper right part of page)

Franknill (PERSON11935)Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Hands)

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

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

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CASE66833: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning John Mason (PERSON54441)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1628 between 11:20 and 17:00

RN Iohn Mason had {a} sore fit of the ep{i}lepsy arising frō his left syde to hi{s} head Aug 17 ☉ h 8 ant m 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 228v (upper right part of page)

John Mason (PERSON54441)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

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

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A11%3A00-11%3A59%3A%3A15%3A00-29%3A59;f2-info=Astrological%20chart%3A%3APresent;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ASide%28s%29, accessed 31 March 2025.

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