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CASE21267: Horary consultation concerning Mr Reynold Stanton (PERSON16125)

Question asked by the patient on 15 July 1604 at 08:00

RN Mr Stanton wheathr he shalbe it were good to be letten blood. Iuly 15. hor 7|8|. ant m 1604 /feareth a cōsūption. cougheth mutch\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 108r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73883: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Spark (PERSON35597)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1632 at 09:45

RN Mres Sparke of Bletchly vtrū satis cōmodū et tutū sit ei minere sanguinē feb. 27. h. 9. 45. ant m. 1632. /quaming & faynting fits\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 467 (upper left part of page)

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CASE59645: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnesey (PERSON43595)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1625 at 15:00 or at 15:15

RN Thomas Barnesey of P|S|teppo{illeg}|n|. 72 y Ian 15 h {sic} hor. 3. p m 1625.

had the palsye but not now & hath lost the vse of boath armes of a red & highe cōplexion

would knowe wheathr good to let blood 4 or 5 ounces hath a short ptysicke.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Thomas Barnesye of Steaphington 72 y Ian. 15 h {sic} hor 3. 15 p m 1625 |a very leane mā|

wheathr good to let blood hath no vse of his arme a palsy 6 weekes

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, ff. 141v-142r (f. 141v upper right, and f. 142r bottom left)

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CASE13533: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1598 at 17:00

RN |Thomas Rive| Goodma Rive quærit an sit sanguis emittendus. 1598. hor post m. 5. die |Iulij 9.| for a peane in his left side & necke. in his stomack & chest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 204v (upper part of page)

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CASE13491: Horary consultation concerning Joan Smith (PERSON15961)

Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1598 at 08:00

RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheathr it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe yt shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die . h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166r (upper part of page)

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CASE46270: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Simpson (PERSON35357)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1618 at 08:00

RN Mr Simpson \dead palsye/ of Bedford 56 y march. 28. h {sic} hor 8 ant m. 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 35r (upper right part of page)

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CASE52164: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Norwood (PERSON14527)

Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1621 at 13:00

RW Mris Norwood of Astw{ood} y. 45. d. h: 1. p: m: Martij 17. {1621} desireth to know whether shee w{ere} best to bee let bloud; or to ta{ke} physicke. full of payne: hath th{em} well

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 87v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64352: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON50816) and Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) and Anonymous (PERSON50816) on 26 July 1627 at 20:45

RN The Countes of Cleevland sent me a horse for ny {sic} mā Williā to Let Mres Crast blood yet because of her coldnes left it to my discretion as appeareth by her letter written to me wth her owne hand also enquireth my consayle for her cough Cook who by reason of a sore cough is rūing into a Consūption. Iuly 26. h. 8. 45 p m. 1627 |Mres Crasts she is bettr wheathr good to let her blood|

[Astrological Chart]

vtrū the Lady Cleevelands Cooke recuperabit sanitatē or wheathr he will rūne into a cōsūption he sent me a letter Iuly 26 {illeg}|| h 8. 45 p m 1627

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 173r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE39615: Horary consultation concerning Mary Meary (PERSON33177)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1612 at 09:20

RN Mary Meary of Bedford 29 y Ap. 13. h. 9. 20 ant m 1612          boath legs swelled |her legs swell asketh wheathr good to let her blood|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 54v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE64774: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Muskott (PERSON55125)

Question asked by Mrs Neale (PERSON55225) on 14 October 1627 at 15:30

RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|

paynd wth a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch

1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall

would know wheathr she should be let blood

vide Octob. 11.

I receaved a nother lettr frō Mres Neale in her behalfe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 241v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11250: Horary consultation concerning William Overen (PERSON14589)

Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1600 at 15:45

RN Will: Overen dolore Capitis Sept 5. die h. 3. 45. p m 1600 |vtrū sanguis sit mittend|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 170v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75409: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Routh (PERSON57951)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1632 at 11:00

RN Ellen Routh of Dunstable 47 y Sept 8 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1632.

a gydines in her head1

[Astrological Chart]

quærit vtrū gravida or where she may be let blood

Notes:

1 ‘a swying in her head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 414 (bottom left, and bottom 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-judgment=Yes;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3AWhether%20to%20be%20let%20blood;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 12 January 2025.