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CASE50339: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Goodwine (PERSON31049)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:40

RW Mris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 week: & a great cough: wch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

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CASE23110: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tossle (PERSON60354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1630 at 10:30

RN Elis: Tossle of yardly Gubbin 38 y octob. 6 h. 10. 30 ant m 1630

5 weekes ill legs mightely hoaven a great cough cānot sleepe her belly & thigh wer swelled but now are not

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 168r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32759: Horary consultation concerning Goody Twydy Nicholas [Nichols] (PERSON14416)

Question asked by the patient on 10 February 1608 at 14:10

GJ Twidy Nicholas \1608/ of Stony stratford 34 y. a wife feb. 10 ho. 2. 10 p. m Payne of her head takes no sleepe heart and backe suckles a childe of a quarter

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 25r (upper right part of page)

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CASE76560: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Dogget (PERSON47964)

Question asked by the patient on 1 February 1633 at 12:20

Elisabeth Doggett of Westninge. 32. y. March. 1. . h. 12. 20. p m. 1633

a swīming in her head wth a great Cough for a yeare, much wasted in her Bodye Cannot sleepe nor Eate.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 337 (upper right part of page)

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CASE12113: Horary consultation concerning John Windmill (PERSON17221)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1599 at 08:20

RN Iohn Wind {sic}

Iohn Windmill of yardly Gubbin 34 yeres old maried sick sinc munday night at wood lyeth at his chest cannot sleepe nor take any rest on his bed or any vp or Downe. sent his water reasonable good a cold taken vppō a heate. somewhat to yellowe & somewhat Costive. as red as skarlet his face a very strong lusty man \21 of/ March. die h. 8. 3|2|0 mi ant m. 1599

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 107r-v (f. 107r bottom right, and f. 107v upper left)

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CASE50178: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Stokes (PERSON35785)

Question asked by the patient on 23 January 1620 at 14:30

RN Mr Stoake \of Wing/ very sick of melancholy head stōacke cānot sleepe. Ian 23 h. 2. 30 p m 1620 |is very weake|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78798: Horary consultation concerning Anne Windmill (PERSON62008)

Question asked by the patient on 5 February 1634 at 11:15

TG Ann windmille of Hassom 32 y. Febr. 5 h. 11. 15 Ma{t}. 1634. m|sh|e was brought a bed on friday laste with a sa{illeg} she is full of stitches about her heart backe & armes, & can hardly fech her breath. cannot sleepe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 82v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE25247: Horary consultation concerning John Gostelow (PERSON31056)

Question asked by the patient on 23 July 1610 at 07:30

RN Iohn Gostiloe of Densang{er} 34 y Iuly 23 h. 7. 30 ant m 1610

to cure sleepe hed disq. stomack hote mynd mightely troubled

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 102v (upper right part of page)

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CASE28512: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Miller (PERSON20322)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1605 at 11:00

RN Thomas Miller of Newport 30 y Apr 4. . hor. 11. ant m 1605.

syde & stomacke. great stitches in his syde a mighty cough cānot rest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 23r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11829: Horary consultation concerning Jane Smith (PERSON15955)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 09:18

RN Iane Smithe 30 yeres old sc of haversham sick this sennet. scoureth mutch this 2 days. Dry, will nothing mouth sore water high coloured. well blooded woman Novemb. 30. die h. 9. 1598. h. 9. 18. m. ant m. 1598. a stitch vnder her right side. shee sucketh her child mutch payne in her hed & cannot sleepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58r (bottom, 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-patient-age-band=030-039;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 18 April 2025.