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CASE20990: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1604 at 10:25

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. ☾ hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment 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 afflictionWitchcraft 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ANot%20specified%20in%20question, accessed 5 April 2025.

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