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CASE65324: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 6 February 1628 between 11:00 and 13:00

RN mres frank latch of the Strād her father for her palsy Lanenes {sic} on the right syde & her falling sicknes by onc in a month

hath Issue in her neck. S & annulus magic

yet feeleth little good

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 93r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE31798: Horary consultation concerning Magdalen Dormer [Curson] [Young Lady Curson] (PERSON22807)

Question asked by the patient on 27 June 1607 at 14:00

RN my lady Curson of As|d|stock. 30 y Iune 27 h {sic} hor 2. p m 1607 I take my selfe to be some so {sic} fortnight quick wth child hath taken a great cold in vehement maner yt I cā not turne me in my bed & feare mutch harme of it because of strayninge /ready to stop her wynde.\1

Notes:

1 ‘2 weekes quicke wth child.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 235r (upper right part of page)

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CASE20178: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Bette (PERSON9689)

Question asked by the patient on 1 January 1602 at 08:45

RN Margaret Bette \a widowe/ 70 y Ian 1o hor. 8. 45. ant m. 1601 {sic} of Thorneborowe1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1paralisis vl {sic} apoplexia’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 255r (upper right part of page)

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CASE23483: Horary consultation concerning Old Goodman Green (PERSON12335)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1614 at 06:00

RN Goodmā Greene of this towne 70 y may 30 h. 6 ant m 1614. came & brought his water |he shaked when he brought his water.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a shaking ague’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 15r (upper right part of page)

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CASE41642: Decumbiture for Dr Smith (PERSON15859)

Question asked by the patient between 15 July 1613 at 06:20 and 15 July 1613 at 09:00

RN The Comissary D Smyth taken wth a palsy Iuly 12. h. 6. 30 p m 1613. at sup being well but tooke a cold readily12

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart

2 ‘Cæsar Baronius’ inline

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 173r (upper right part of page)

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CASE49723: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Furtho [the elder] (PERSON11997)

Question asked by the patient on 18 September 1619 at 11:00

RN Mr Edward Furthoe the older sept: 18 h {sic} hor 11 \ant m 1619/ tooke his palsy wth a cold. 1619

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 10v (upper right part of page)

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CASE63971: Horary consultation concerning Bennet Redman (PERSON57439)

Question asked by the patient on 1 June 1627 at 14:30

RN Bennet Redmān{e}|yn|{sic} of Whitechuch 76 y m|I|une 1. {illeg}|| h. 2. 30 p m 1627

hath had the palsye 30 y. sinc the losse of Antwarpe hath had 3 fits of an ague desyreth an easye purg.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 109r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE50028: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rider (PERSON34752)

Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1619 at 13:38

RN Goody Rider of newport 50 y decēb. 6 h. 1. 38 p m 1619

It tooke her 3 weekes sinc & hath bene speachles almost 3 weekes. eateth well. lame in her right syde |she took it wth a cold tooke it wth a cold|

the dead palsy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 73r (upper left part of page)

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CASE63431: Horary consultation concerning Richard Rogers (PERSON57814)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1627 at 12:39

RN Richard Rogars of Brackley 13. y. the weeke before miklemas next on a satterday about son setting but came to me march. 17 {sic} hor. 12. 39 p m 1627 |convulsyve palsy & epilepsy|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 28v (upper left part of page)

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CASE68352: Horary consultation concerning Mr Cave (PERSON45779)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1629 at 16:30

RN Mr Cave of Leycester 4 38. y. May 2. h {sic} hor 4. 30 m {sic} p m 1629 |mayed {sic} 13 y 4 child. youngest 3. y.|

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Cave of Leycester 38. y. May 2. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1629 had a palsy & the Iliaca Convulsions

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, ff. 174v-175r (f. 174v upper left, f. 174v bottom right, f. 175r upper left, and f. 175r upper right)

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CASE49611: Decumbiture for Anne Harrison (PERSON31433)

Question asked by the patient on 4 September 1619 at 09:00

RN An Harryson of litle Brickhill suddenly stroken betwixt 2 dores yest morning betwixt 6 & 7. in the morning wth a dead palsye a mercers wife serving on wth triacle |58|{0}| y|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 174r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11976: Horary consultation concerning John Cosins (PERSON10943)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1599 at 07:00

RN Iohn Cozens troubled wth a shaking & sometimes burning after the shaking ague cōplayneth most of hed. & a litle his belly on day well anothr {sic} ill. feb 25. die . h. 7. 30. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 86r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10414: Horary consultation concerning Lettice Coursey (PERSON10967)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17508) on 23 April 1600 at 16:50

RN Lettice Coursie of Hanslop. 4 y Ap. 23 die h. 4. 50 p m. 1600 troubled wth a hot burning ague & nowe shaketh & this 2 days maketh no watr./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 49v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE10515: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Baker (PERSON9367)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1600 at 18:45

RN Ellen Baker 26. \of great Linford for a shaking/ May 7 die h. 6. 45 p m. 1600 an ague shaking & burning.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 61v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12234: Horary consultation concerning John Windmill (PERSON17222)

Question asked by Windmill (PERSON17233) on 10 April 1599 at 07:00

RN Iohn Windmill of Yardly Gubbin a twelmoneth old & as mutch as candelmas the sunday after candlemas. came & brought her Child yt was payned in the body & had divers fi strange fits. but before it tooke it had a fit of an ague before it. not v this beating & panting began on friday night wth a quivering & shakings of the belly & armes Apr. 10. die h. 7. ant m. 1599 goeth had|r|d to grounde cryeth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 125r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32602: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Kelly (PERSON24000)

Question asked by the patient between 23 January 1608 at 14:00 and 25 January 1608 at 09:50

RN Thomas kelly Ian 22. h. 9 ant m had a sore shaking aguish fit 1608.

the lady Constables mā. Thomas kelly fell into a new & a strang aguish fit shaking bed & chābr round about . 9. ant m. 1608.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 345v (upper left, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE59324: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Orpin (PERSON33818)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1624 at 13:20

RN Or Eliz Orpyn of Hanslop 25|3| y \whi weddens whit/ octob 18 {illeg}|| h. 1. 20 p m 1624

weddensd whitson weeke 23 y kings evill lame & swelled in her fingers ill in her brayne before mutch phys & dyet drinke.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 94v (upper left part of page)

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CASE70232: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Wright (PERSON62335)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41103) on 14 March 1630 at 13:00

U[1628–30] Thomas write {illeg} was borne on \the next/ satterday at night after on michelmus was twelmounth, betweene a 11 or 12 at|or| i3, a Clock but cam to me at 1 of clock, ye 14th: of march 1630./

had a quiuorin & sounding on michelmus last & 3 Dayes the after ye small pox & then at shroftide & this last night had 3 fitts after the same manner a boue saide, being ye 13th Day complaines on the head & heauie & apt to sleepe

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 164 (upper, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE63847: Horary consultation concerning Mary Ellis (PERSON30174)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1627 at 08:45

RN Ma\r/y Ellys of Gothurst 36|28| y May. 15. h. 8. 4{5} ant m. 1627. a third ague a fortnight after miklemas was lame in her armes & sydes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 91v (upper right part of page)

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CASE69870: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Brown (PERSON45013)

Question asked by the patient on 23 December 1629 at 11:00

RN Mr Iohn Browne of Kempson 48 y Decēb 23 h. 11. ant m 1629 /Ioynt ague back & knee cānot styr him selfe in his bed\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 23 (upper left 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-extent-of-transcription=Excerpt;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29, accessed 16 November 2024.