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Case 14852

June 4, 2018November 22, 2018

Lettice Ball of Nash, 17 years. Monday 18 April 1603, 11.45 am. Asks whether any evil tongue have power over her. Cannot sleep. Is light headed & sometimes talks idly.
[Treatment information.]
She died the same day.
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