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CASE68969: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40962)

Question asked by the patient on 14 July 1629 at 13:30

RN A poor bagger womā, for an rising most fearfull chest head rūning vp & downe in all tꝭ of her body to her feete & toes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 98r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40962)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Chest )

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Everywhere)

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

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

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CASE12083: Horary consultation concerning William Loveles (PERSON13804)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1599 at 09:00

RN Williā Lovely of Newport 60. greeped & tormented at the harte ready to make him selfe away & of his brest: the 15 of Martij die ♃. h. 9 metuit venefic: 1599 hed & face swelleth.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103r (bottom left part of page)

William Loveles (PERSON13804)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (HeartChest )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Tempted and suicidal)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)

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

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

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CASE11901: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Question asked by Goodman Honour (PERSON12882) on 27 December 1598 at 08:45

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicantr de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde wc maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary wth her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 72r (upper right part of page)

Goodman Honour (PERSON12882)Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)

Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessIllness)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Side(s)HeartChest )

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pulling)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment  PaymentAstrological 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?f25-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest;f27-treatment=Yes;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 20 March 2025.

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