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CASE71283: Decumbiture for Anne Ablestone (PERSON42435)

Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1631 at 13:45

RN An Ablestone of Olny taken strangly yest Ian 23 ☉ h. 3. 38 p m 1631

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 78 (upper right part of page)

Anne Ablestone (PERSON42435)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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

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CASE78063: Decumbiture for Marian Green (PERSON50336)

Question asked by the patient on 17 August 1633 between 07:00 and 08:20

RN Marian Greene of Maninford 43 y feb 10 ☉ h 8 ant m 1633

taken wth an epilepticall fit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 384 (upper right part of page)

Marian Green (PERSON50336)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Not specified in question )

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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ANot%20specified%20in%20question;f3-language=English;f4-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f6-deleted=No;f7-has-astro-chart=Yes;f8-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f9-date=1630-1639, accessed 1 June 2024.

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