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CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. ♂ h. 9. p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 ♂ h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Screaming)

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

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

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

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CASE46718: Horary consultation concerning Anne Kent (PERSON32264)

Question asked by the patient on 28 May 1618 at 10:40

RN An Kent of this towne may 28 ♃ h. 10. 40 ant m 1618 had them last weeke nescit an sit gravida hed ill & cānot rellish

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 115v (upper left part of page)

Anne Kent (PERSON32264)

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

Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)

Sex, family and generation (Pregnancy)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)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?f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f30-info=Astrological%20chart%3A%3ADeleted;f31-time-of-day=AM%3A%3A10%3A00-10%3A59, accessed 4 April 2025.

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