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CASE41381: Horary consultation concerning Alice Godfrey (PERSON30951)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1613 at 06:00

RN Alce Godf\r/ey of Dunstable. 19 y. may 19. ☿ h. 6. {p}|a|nt m 1613. /was very idle headed a weeke after her delivery. talketh of sathan & howpeth & halloweth\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘3. fig.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 126r (upper right part of page)

Alice Godfrey (PERSON30951)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Idle headed )

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Devil)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s)Previous consultation(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE56887: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON46259)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1623 at 15:00

RN Elis: Clarke of Earles Barton 20. y. Aug: 12. ♂ h. 3. p m 1623

pyneth in her flesh. idle headed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 191v (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Clark (PERSON46259)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)

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

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f14-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f15-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AIdle%20headed, accessed 30 January 2025.

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