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CASE18466: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Chester (PERSON10459)

Question asked by the patient on 28 December 1602 at 14:00

GJ Elsabeth Chester. of Olney 17 y Decemb. 28 ♂ ho 2. p m. a breaking out in her leggꝭ and itching over her hole body

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 277v (upper left part of page)

Elizabeth Chester (PERSON10459)

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

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Legs)

Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Itch)

Practitioner: Mr Gerence James [Marks] (PERSON13172) Judgment Astrological Chart

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CASE36528: Horary consultation concerning Alice Nichols (PERSON27021)

Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1609 at 17:00

GJ Alice Nichols of Ecton 17 y Septemb. 14 ♃ ho.

RN backe & arme. boath armes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 157v (upper right part of page)

Alice Nichols (PERSON27021)

Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Back)

Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints  (Arms)

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

Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Judgment PaymentAstrological 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?f41-patient-age-band=010-019%3A%3A17;f42-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f43-hands=Mr%20Gerence%20James%20%5BMarks%5D, accessed 3 April 2025.

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