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CASE13421: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241)

Question asked by the patient between 14 October 1597 and 16 July 1598

RN Els. Butch: cæpit ægrot. 1597 Octob. 13. die ♃. h. post {sic} h. 9. she ke {sic} quivereth & trembleth. shee feared least shee was bewitched but she mended a weake after.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 111v (upper part of page)

Elizabeth Butcher (PERSON10241) 

Medical>Illness (general) (Aegritudo)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)

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

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Outcome(s)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?sort=sort-date;f3-language=English;f4-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f6-deleted=No;f7-has-astro-chart=Yes;f8-language=Latin;f9-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f10-participant=Elizabeth%20Butcher%20%28PERSON10241%29, accessed 2 May 2024.

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