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CASE49053: Decumbiture for Alice Thomson (PERSON36018)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1619 at 09:45

RN Alce Tomson taken over after 4 5 at night alwys wth fits of distraction Iune 21. ☾ h. 5. p m 1619.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 56v (bottom left part of page)

Alice Thomson (PERSON36018)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distracted )

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

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

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CASE49054: Horary consultation concerning Alice Thomson (PERSON36018)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1619 at 09:45

RN Alce Tomson of Wilkomsteede 26 y Iune 22. ♂ h 9. 45 ant m 16191

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘distracted by fits’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 56v (upper right part of page)

Alice Thomson (PERSON36018)

Medical >Diseases of the mind  (Distracted )

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Previous consultation(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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ADistracted;f4-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20235;f5-querent=Alice%20Thomson%20%28PERSON36018%29, accessed 5 March 2025.

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