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CASE50145: Horary consultation concerning Lady Peniston [Mrs Martha Temple [Peniston]] (PERSON34223)

Question asked by the patient on 9 January 1620 at 14:30

RN The Lady Pænystone. now at Sr Will: Andrewes house ill sodenly in her head Ian. 9 ☉ h. 2. 30 p m. 1620

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 100r (upper left part of page)

Lady Peniston [Mrs Martha Temple [Peniston]] (PERSON34223)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment Outcome(s) Patient’s death recorded

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CASE50168: Horary consultation concerning Alice Nichols (PERSON27020)

Question asked by the patient on 21 January 1620 at 09:38

RN Alce Nichols of this th towne every foote ill. susp goody Earle of this towne Ian 21. ♀ h. 9. 38 ant m 1620 28 y.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

Alice Nichols (PERSON27020)

Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)

Medical >Illness (general)  (Illness)

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?f4-querent-age-band=020-029;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f8-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1620%3A%3A01, accessed 13 February 2025.

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