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CASE52264: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Bonner [Bonoe] [Miller] (PERSON44425)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1621 at 11:15

RN Elis. Boner of Risely 30 y Ap. 9 ☾. h. 11. 30 \15/ ant m 1621.

It belly hard swelled & feeleth on her brest as a bladder wth beans ratling 7 weekes |not sick but sore in her bodye|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 106r (upper right part of page)

Elizabeth Bonner [Bonoe] [Miller] (PERSON44425)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (BellyBreasts)

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

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE52239: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Sherman (PERSON58654)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON58651) on 29 March 1621 at 09:00

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulvrton 23 y march 29 ♃ h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather wth her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102r (upper left part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON58651)Lettice Sherman (PERSON58654)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

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

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)

Medical >Illnesses (named) (Falling sickness)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso  (Womb, matrix, mother)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment 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?f35-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20233;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 24 May 2025.

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