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CASE57505: Decumbiture for Thomas Ersfeild (PERSON48586)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39785) on 16 December 1623 between 10:00 and 10:30

RN Th. Earsfield taken first wth a a {sic} violent convulsive fit noveb. 27 ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 42v (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39785)Thomas Ersfeild (PERSON48586)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)Astrological Chart Patient’s death recorded

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CASE57536: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39790)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39791) on 30 December 1623 at 11:00

RN a litle child halfe yere old swoundeth & fometh as one having the falling sicknes. vexed wth many convulsive fits Decēb 30 ♂ h. 11 ant m. 1623.

goody Huccot next neighbour suspected

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 48r (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39791)Anonymous (PERSON39790)

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

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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

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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions;f11-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1623%3A%3A12;f2-deleted=No, accessed 21 February 2025.

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