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Anonymous 180A man from Burton upon Trent in the county of Staffordshire, described as a physician who examined Thomas Darling's urine and "saw no signes of anie natural disease in the Child, vnles it were the wormes." Asked to reconsider his diagnosis when Darling failed to thrive, he again "judged as before, saying further, he doubted that the Childe was be witched."(2)[H]is Aunt went to a Phisition with his vrine: who said he saw no signes of anie natural disease in the Child, vnles it were the wormes. His sicknes still increasing (notwithstanding anie thing prescribed or ministred) she went againe with his vrine to the Phisition; who iudged as before, saying further, he doubted that the Childe was be witched: which shee (holding incredible) imparted it to no bodie; rather imagining it to bee (though some strange, yet) a naturall disease: as diuers also iudged it to bee the Falling sicknes, by reason that it was no continuall distemperature, but came by fits, with sodaine staring, striuing and strugling verie siercely, and falling downe with sore vomits; also it tooke awaye the vse of his legs, so that he was faine to bee carried vp and downe, saue in his fits, for then hee was nimble inough.()