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CASE66145: Horary consultation concerning Goody King (PERSON52975)

Question asked by the patient on 21 May 1628 at 09:50

RN Goody King of Creaton 48 y May 21. ☿ h. 9. 30 \50/ ant m1628

cōpl of her hips & thighes & belly ever sinc harvest last |her water is red|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 40r (upper left part of page)

Goody King (PERSON52975)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Belly)

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

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

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CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)

John Johnson (PERSON52585)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BackStomach)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f4-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A09%3A00-09%3A59%3A%3A45%3A00-59%3A59, accessed 27 January 2025.

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