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CASE21917: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621) on 16 January 1605 at 10:36

RN I went to Sr Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant yt lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. ☿ h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thithr & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. ☿ h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214v (upper left part of page)

Sir Anthony Tyrringham [Mr Tyrringham] (PERSON16621)Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction )

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

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CASE21968: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18185) on 20 February 1605 at 14:45

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. ☿ h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘witchraft. troubled in mynd’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 223r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON18185)Anonymous (PERSON18184)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledMind)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00

RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1‘

sleepy. Lethargye

speachles skreameth only

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)

Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812)Anonymous (PERSON18701)

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction )

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Apoplexy)

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

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

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Screaming)

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

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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?f2-number-of-patients=Single%20patient;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AStrange%20affliction;f4-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1605, accessed 17 November 2024.

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