He studied at Oxford, probably at Hart Hall, travelled on the continent, meeting Andreas Libavius, and obtained an MD at Padua (c.1591), where he became familiar with the work of Fallopius and earlier contributors to the development of methods for the examination of mineral waters who were connected with that University.
... Edward Jorden (1569 - 1632) was the first English physician who viewed the women who were accused of witchcraft as unfortunate persons suffering from some medical condition.
Asserting that there were natural causes for their afflictions, Jorden often served as expert witness at trials of women accused of witchery.
One Elizabeth Jackson, accused of causing the fits suffered by May Glover, was convicted in spite of Jorden's defense.
Jorden was impressed by the panoply and ever-shifting quality of symptoms associated with this condition: now shortness of breath, now palpitations, now paralysis, and so on.