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CASE66087: Decumbiture for Mr Anthony King (PERSON52933)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1628 between 13:00 and 17:20

RN Mr Anthony King had but on great fit & yt on the 5 of May ☾ h. 4. 30 ant m 1628 /3 quart of an houre pulled all in to heapes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 31r (bottom left part of page)

Mr Anthony King (PERSON52933)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (Pulling )

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

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CASE71106: Decumbiture for Joan [Joanna] Bradbury (PERSON44643)

Question asked by the patient between 16 December 1630 at 13:20 and 17 December 1630 at 09:20

RN Ioane Bradbery of great Horwood 42 y taken strangly in her right hucklebone wth great ach about thigh & share pulling her in peeces cānot stand vppon it nothing to be sene taken Octob. 3. ☉ h. 5. 20 p m 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 21 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Joan [Joanna] Bradbury (PERSON44643)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking  (PainPulling )

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Groin)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f15-has-astro-chart=Yes;f16-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3APain%20and%20pricking%3A%3APulling, accessed 19 March 2025.

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