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CASE28469: Horary consultation concerning Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1605 at 12:20

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. ♀ h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled wth fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 17r (bottom right part of page)

Sara Musgrave [Blot] (PERSON20374)

Medical >Diseases of the mind (TroubledFanciesFearMindMelancholy)

Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)

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

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Colic)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218)

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CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30

RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)

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

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

Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)

Medical >Illnesses (named)  (Took a cold)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AWitchcraft%20and%20devil%3A%3AWitchcraft%20suffered%20%28medical%29;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f6-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20216, accessed 18 February 2025.

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