CASE36784: Horary consultation concerning Lady Farmer (PERSON11646)
Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1609 at 12:30
RN The lady farmer sent to me Decēb. 15 ♀ h. 12 30 p m 1609
for her deafenes of {sic} /& noyse of her\ hed
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 198Av (upper right part of page)
CASE63413: Horary consultation concerning Sir John Underhill [Mr John Underhill] (PERSON36309)
Question asked by Lady Alice Bacon [Underhill] [Lady Verulam] [Vicountess of St Albion] (PERSON43186) on 15 March 1627 at 19:00
RN The vicomtesse of St Albion: march 15 ♃ h. 7. 30 p m 1627 I receaved her letter march.
[Astrological Chart]
will not myt the Doctors to make an Issue vntill I give my Consent |v He is exceedīgly amended & cā Impe {sic} & leape god be thacked {sic} But yet cānot heare|1
she will not myt his Doctors to give him any more Cordials because they dead his stoak but Kitchin physick by wch he is nutch {sic} anended {sic} & growen stronger eateth well & sleepeth well cā Impe {sic} & leape wth out harme & his eyes very cleere & well sighted & better then before
but his hearing is nutch {sic} decayed as when she sent vnto me last
They resolved last monday to have made an Issue but she would not myt thē ☾ then in ♊ & app to the □ of ☿ & p □ {illeg} ♄
Sr Iohn Vnderhil for his deafnes
Sr Iohn vnderhill for his extreme Deafnes
Notes:
1 ‘well mended god be thanked but \can see well but not heare at all/’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 25r-v (f. 25r upper left, f. 25r upper right, f. 25v upper left, and f. 25v upper right)
CASE12103: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Witsy (PERSON17300)
Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1599 at 10:00
RN Elisabeth Witsy of Newport 22 yeres maried her yongest child 2 yeres old & nowe greate wth Child troubled in her hed most grevowsly ever sinc sunday last. was sennet betwixt 12 & 1. sent this 20 of March. die ♂ h. 10. ant m. 1599. shee loketh every day to be Delivered.
Deafe wth p|h|edache. her eare muttereth hie coloured.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 106r (upper right part of page)
CASE26498: Interrogation (Marriage) concerning Mrs Dorothy Bruarton [Bannister] (PERSON1384)
Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1600 between 09:00 and 09:30
SF 1596 30 of Iune ☿ p mr at 30 p 41
DB {illeg}maried the 30th of Iune betwixt foure and five aclocke in the evening in the yeare of our Lord i596 being xxvth yeres ould at that time being being borne on Saynt mathes Daye betwixt xii and one at night SF \1571 ♀/ Dority {borne} borne at Barthelemutide the day and time vnsertayne being of of {sic} the age of five ag or sixe and thirty nowe Desiring yow to make the playster for my backe agaynst friday or saterday if posiple yow can for I indure great payne yow may tell this berar howe I must vse the oyle for hearing wch yow gave me whether I must take it whote or CouldeSF
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mrs banister maried/’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 23r, f. 23Ar-v (bottom right part of page)
CASE28232: Horary consultation concerning Sir Arthur Savage (PERSON15623)
Question asked by the patient on 11 October 1606 at 12:30
RN Sr Arthur Savage sent to me for a cold in his eares deafe Octob. 11 ♄ hor 12. 2|3|0 p m 1606.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 287r (upper right part of page)
CASE63138: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grace Lant [Richardson] (PERSON53376)
Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1626 at 11:30
RN My Cosen Lant sent to me a letter novēb 25 h {sic} hor 12 {sic} \11. 30/ 1626 /craveth pils. troubled in her head & hearing as before\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 349v (upper left part of page)
CASE14754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)
Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1603 at 10:06
GJ Mr Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water wth a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled wth a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for wch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (bottom left part of page)
Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadEars)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoBackStomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Hearing problems (Tinnitus)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00
RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628
writeth for a gent mā
first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction
Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of
cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)
Mr John Evans (PERSON48613)Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Personal affairs>Business affairs (Finance and property)
Personal affairs (Personal counsel and advice)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Melancholy)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Speech problems)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)