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William Griggs (physician)

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104:. Griggs was in charge of diagnosing and determining how "much" of a witch they were. Griggs claimed that the "afflicted" girls were "under an Evil hand" (most likely referring to the 120:, a 2023 young adult novel by Kellie O'Neill, the private high school in Salem, Massachusetts where the main characters attend is named "Griggs Academy", after William Griggs. 167:
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He is best known as the doctor who diagnosed the Salem Villagers as possessed, during the time of the 37: 1272: 1094: 1004: 914: 723: 718: 698: 608: 568: 543: 513: 508: 1599: 1204: 1154: 1149: 1014: 864: 47: 41: 33: 1179: 1169: 1114: 949: 553: 1357: 349: 287: 58: 1707: 437: 277: 369: 137: 453: 344: 1569: 804: 191: 1634: 252: 207: 101: 1626: 1129: 1049: 643: 1638: 1505: 1383: 1302: 994: 989: 984: 768: 693: 329: 1551: 1458: 1418: 1347: 1342: 1214: 1209: 483: 412: 364: 247: 1408: 1378: 899: 763: 427: 394: 374: 267: 262: 184: 1681: 1579: 1423: 1312: 1307: 1109: 1054: 422: 379: 359: 354: 292: 282: 257: 97: 1468: 1463: 1443: 1393: 1287: 1009: 904: 753: 733: 613: 432: 339: 1484: 1448: 1398: 1084: 1044: 593: 176: 1536: 1531: 1500: 1403: 638: 93: 1362: 105: 180: 18: 1642: 1560: 1514: 1493: 1477: 1371: 1263: 787: 446: 403: 317: 301: 238: 46:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 138:"Important Persons in the Salem Court Records" 1662: 192: 144:. 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