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CASE54713: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39512) on 30 July 1622 at 11:00

RN Mres Elis Ienings. correpta subite morbo valde violento. instar mortuæ martij 17. ☉. h. 12. p m. 1622. |{n}o motion of life strang convulsiva| her extremest fit it lasted 4 or 5 houres

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 16r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39512) Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

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

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE54714: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39512) on 30 July 1622 at 11:00

RN Ian 19 19 ♄ hor 10 p m. had her first fit wth great panting and sighing 1622 |primꝯ morbi Insultus|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 16r (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON39512) Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Morbus)

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-practitioner-is-querent=No;f3-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f4-patient-consent=Explicitly%20not%20given;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFits%20and%20convulsions;f6-judgment=Yes;f7-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1622;f8-participant=Anonymous%20%28PERSON39512%29;f9-deleted=No, accessed 29 June 2024.

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