CASE54679: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11
RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. ☿ h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe wth strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted wth sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘tēptation’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON39510)Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)
Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00
RN was first strangly taken feb 28. ♂ h. 9. p m 1632.
[Astrological Chart]
fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye
feb 28 ♂ h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (upper right part of page)
CASE65442: Decumbiture for Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1628 at 10:30
RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled wth a cough & taken wth strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits wch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 ☉ h. 12. p m. 1628
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 115v (upper right part of page)
Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction )
