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CASE65642: Decumbiture for Em Harris (PERSON50962)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40613) on 27 March 1628 at 12:38

RN March 25 25 ♂ h. 12 p m 1628 suddenly taken & strangly distempered

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 146r (bottom right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40613)Em Harris (PERSON50962)

Medical >Witchcraft and devil  (Strange affliction)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Distempered (passions))

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

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CASE65638: Horary consultation concerning Henry Sanders (PERSON58194)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40612) on 27 March 1628 at 08:39

RN Henry Sanders of Layton in Huntington sheere 30 y march 27. ♃ h. 8. 39 ant m 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 145v (upper right part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON40612)Henry Sanders (PERSON58194)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

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?f39-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil;f40-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1628%3A%3A03;f41-patient-consent=Not%20specified, accessed 18 April 2025.

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