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CASE59322: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Ward (PERSON61102)

Question asked by Goodman Ferdinando Ward (PERSON61081) on 18 October 1624 at 09:25

RN Ward for his wife of Ravensdon Octob 18 ☾ h. 9. 25 ant m 1624

head & neck & heavye

feareth witchery

venef metuit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 94r (upper right part of page)

Goodman Ferdinando Ward (PERSON61081)Agnes Ward (PERSON61102)

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

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

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

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CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903)John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)

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

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

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CASE77291: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) and Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

Question asked by Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142) on 16 May 1633 at 07:00

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 ♃ h 7 ant m 1633

came into my prsenc wth there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled wth divrse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 136 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

Mrs Eleanor Aylet [Goody Aylet] (PERSON43142)Mrs Eleanor Aylet (PERSON43141)

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

Medical >Diseases of the mind (MopishIdle headedTroubledMind)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)

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

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?f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f35-querent-is-asking-about=Others;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 25 February 2025.

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