CASE11564: Horary consultation concerning Mary Battison (PERSON16690)
Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1598 at 09:12
RN Mary R Vattison a widowe 60 yeres old. mittit consilio et morbi remedio. / Iulij 19 th die ☿. h. 9. 12. m. /short winded & puffed vp in her cheste/\
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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (AmissDisease)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)
Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09
RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|
[Astrological Chart]
Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (ConstipationBleeding)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestStomachBackWomb, matrix, mother)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (StuffedShort winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Nose)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE70268: Horary consultation concerning Mr Taylor (PERSON59914)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1630 at 09:30
RN Mr Taylour march 19 ♀ h 9 30 ant m. 1630 |ptysick cōsūption & dropsy feared|
[Astrological Chart]
\weake feeble legs swell towards night/ A cōsumption & dropsy feard ☌ ☉ ☿ ap vntill to morow 6 a clock.
He sent his water & the wench broak the glasse
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 179 (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Phthisis)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Consumed)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Dropsy)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (WeakFeebleness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE12125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Hammond (PERSON12509)
Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 13:10
RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martij 22. die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 109r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)
