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CASE27307: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Dayrell (PERSON19459)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1606 at 16:00

RN Old Mres {Do} {sic} Dorrle of lillingstone Dorle sent to me to come to her for her legs did swell & issoe {sic} may 1{illeg} 20. h. 4. p m 1606.

I went not, she dyed

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 133r (bottom part of page)

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CASE11922: Horary consultation concerning Goody Ellen Foster (PERSON11861)

Question asked by the patient on 31 December 1598 at 08:35

RN Ellen Foster sore sick ever sinc her childe cannot take no drinke meate vomiteth vp all yt shee taketh cannot quench her thirst swollen very big in her legs. now stolen vp to her hart on weddensday shalbe three weekes her child borne wth out all greefe but mutch payned before & after & nevr had Child before sent a woman to me for her Decēb. 31. h. 8. 35 m. 1598

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 75v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12304: Horary consultation concerning Margery Clark (PERSON10627)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 between 09:43 and 10:30

RN Margery Clarke a midwife of Stony stratford for a great swelling in her thiges & bo legs yt on may see her face in it & so striketh vp to her harte ready to stop &|h|er winde. the bell went for her yesterdaye hath a great scouring this on her & hath had it a longe time.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (bottom right part of page)

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?f1-document-type=Case;f2-judgment=No;f3-querent-sex=Female;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f6-info=Outcome%28s%29, accessed 7 July 2024.