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CASE54685: Horary consultation concerning Susan Beauchamp (PERSON43880)

Question asked by the patient on 25 July 1622 at 18:00

RN Susan Bechā of Cosgrave 11. y. the thursday after St Peter but came to me Iuly 25. ♃ h. 6 p m. 1622 pyned & cōsumed hed neck & belly. mutch pyned & wasted1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a Consūption’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 9r (bottom left part of page)

Susan Beauchamp (PERSON43880)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (PiningConsumed)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouth)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE71040: Horary consultation concerning William Ferry (PERSON48857)

Question asked by the patient on 24 November 1630 at 11:25

[Astrological Chart]

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 211r (bottom left part of page)

William Ferry (PERSON48857)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)

Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Nose)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Bleeding)

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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f16-querent-age-band=010-019%3A%3A11;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body, accessed 29 March 2025.

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