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CASE33721: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Carpenter (PERSON10335)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1608 at 12:15

RN Mres Carpentr of Parsnā 40 y Iuly. 12 ♂ h. 12. 15 p m 1608: strangly taken & vexed wth a tertian ague had onc an Impostume cut out of her syde by Dr Ashworthe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 153v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Anne Carpenter (PERSON10335)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Ague)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)

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

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

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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. ♀ h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledFanciesFearMindMelancholy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Colic)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f7-time-of-day=PM%3A%3A12%3A00-12%3A59;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 18 April 2025.

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