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CASE67106: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Duncombe [Young Mr Duncombe] (PERSON48155)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1628 at 09:40

RN Mr Iohn Duncōbe of great Brickhill sent to me for his head & the vertiginousnes therof \30. y./ Octob. 4 h {sic} hor. 9 40 ant m 1628.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 275v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11673: Horary consultation concerning William Roughead (PERSON15478)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1598 at 06:50

RN Will Roughead sent his water vnto me cōplayning of his chest princip & of the lightnes of his head Sept. 6 die h. 6. 50 m. ant m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 26r (upper left part of page)

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CASE29355: Horary consultation concerning Dr John Smith [Young Mr John Smith] (PERSON20800)

Question asked by the patient on 29 June 1605 at 17:45

RN Mr Iohn Smith of Great brickhill sent me a letter Iune 29. || 5. 45 p m 1605. /itch more, hed gydye\

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 140r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12376: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Charity Ashburnor [Ashbourne] [Ashburton] (PERSON9240)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1599 at 05:48

RN Goody Ashburnoure very sorely pained in her head light headed & swelled in her face very red. can take no sleepe nor rest. sent to me. may 4. die . h. 5. 48. mi ant m 1599 hath not had her couses {sic} this two yeres. bledeth nowe & then at the nose.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 149v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE13630: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Christopher Woodfield (PERSON17334)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1603 at 13:15

RN Chrystopher Woodfild lying long sicke wrote \sente/ vnto me to come to him martij 31. hor. 1. {p}|15| p m 1603. troubled wth a shortnes of wynd ready to stop his wynd an aso{illeg}|m|a. hed gydye a burning in his body desyrous to have his neighbours forgive him as making no othr reckning then of death.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 16r (bottom part of page)

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CASE12587: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Pen (PERSON14848)

Question asked by the patient on 27 August 1599 at 11:00

RN at this time Mary Pen of Straford sent me her water. wch was full of motes & scales & had gravell in the bottome. her former phisick I gave her wrought vpward. hath a great gydines at in her heade hart feeble bellye.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 185v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE57276: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan [Joanna] Prescot (PERSON57057)

Question asked by the patient on 16 October 1623 at 09:20

RN Mres Prescot sent a letter signifying yt she was neavr the be{illeg}|tt|er for her physick octob 16 h 9. 20 ant m 16231

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a gydynes in her head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 5r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11624: Horary consultation concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1598 at 08:00

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die h. 7. 45 shee is troubled wth the mother & was wont to swound wth it very often. at 7. 30. 20.1

[Astrological Chart]

Goody fisher head back.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘set this at 8.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 14v (upper right part of page)

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CASE18208: Horary consultation concerning Mr Nicholas Langford [Master of Arts] (PERSON13580)

Question asked by the patient on 11 November 1602 at 09:00

RN Mr Nicholas langford sent his water agayne because it was not well prserved as I wished him to doe. novemb. 11. hor. 9. ant m. 1602.

a swyming in ye hed a raw stomack mutch fleme.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 239v (upper left part of page)

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CASE64598: Horary consultation concerning Lady Spencer [Mrs Mary Spencer [Anderson]] (PERSON35617)

Question asked by the patient on 16 September 1627 at 12:45

RN The lady Spencer of Offley sept 16 h. 12. 45. p m 1627

\cānot sleepe hed light & gydy/ for her rheme & hed

for ye lady spencer of Offley sept 16 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 215v (upper left, and upper right parts 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-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADizzy%20and%2For%20faint, accessed 17 November 2024.