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CASE20990: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1604 at 10:25

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. ☾ hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 70r (upper left part of page)

Goody Margaret Scrivener (PERSON15681)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

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

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Haunted)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Not specified in question)

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

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CASE21737: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1604 at 10:30

RN Elisabeth Child of Puddington 26. y married. 2 child. yongest 2 yere old almost novēb. 20. ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m 1604.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1‘

metuit cōsūptē et maleficiū

harte plucked sorely.

’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 185r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

Mrs Elizabeth Child (PERSON10499)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Consumed)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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

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CASE21258: Horary consultation concerning Marian Web (PERSON16903)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1604 at 09:30

RN maryon web 20 y Iuly 12. ♃. hor. 9. 30 ant m 1604.

faynt & feeble. stomacke. can not eate any thing

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 107r (upper left part of page)

Marian Web (PERSON16903)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)

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

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

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?f36-date=1600-1609%3A%3A1604;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f38-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil, accessed 20 March 2025.

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