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)
CASE58675: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45054)
Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1624 at 09:20
RN {Ia}ne Browne of Adington {2}9. y christ Iuly \Iune Iuly/ 20. 1595. sent to me Iuly Iune 30 ☿ h. 9. 20 ant m 1624 /neaver had child.\1
[Astrological Chart]
Iane Browne of Adin{gton} 29. y. Iune 30 ☿ h 19. 20 a{nt} m. 1624. paraliticall tormented wth heate & a burning payne in her belly & shooting into her legs & belly hath no vse of her lims cā not stand nor goe /sweateth mutch.\
Notes:
1 ‘lame miserablely tormēted wth raging payns & convuls in her legs day & night’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (LamenessPalsyCannot standCannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions (Convulsions)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LegsLimbs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (HotBurning )
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
CASE11976: Horary consultation concerning John Cosins (PERSON10943)
Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1599 at 07:00
RN Iohn Cozens troubled wth a shaking & sometimes burning after the shaking ague cōplayneth most of hed. & a litle his belly on day well anothr {sic} ill. feb 25. die ☉. h. 7. 30. 1599.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 86r (upper right part of page)
