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CASE51523: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Biggens (PERSON44126)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1620 at 13:00

RN Agnys Biggyns of Olny 44 y sept: 8 h 1. p m 1620

when she is set downe cānot rise yet came to me for help.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 171r (upper right part of page)

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CASE15495: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18089)

Question asked by Catherine Twist (PERSON16605) on 29 August 1603 at 10:00

RN she came for her mothr lame & bedrid of 42 y of Northāpton August 29 hor 10 ant m 1603.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 123v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE48751: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1619 at 10:00

RN Goody Richadson of newp care {sic} her selfe for her hands of wch she hath no vse May {illeg} {sic} 18 h. 10 ant m 1619

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 4v (upper left part of page)

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CASE57831: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Winstanly (PERSON26102)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1624 at 14:50

RN Mr Wynstanlye son of Shenly 40 y march. 4 h. 2. 50 p m 1624 /had a sore fall & brust backward & is {no}w sonewhat {sic} paralyticall\ \prsent/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 97r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73123: Horary consultation concerning Joan Bosworth (PERSON44518)

Question asked by Bosworth (PERSON44513) on 5 October 1631 at 12:00

RN Ioane Bosworth stroken wth a dead palsy Last Moday {sic} about seaven in the morning but on her brothr came for her octob 5 h. 12 1631 |47 y| |Dead palsy.| /on syde benūmed\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 208 (middle left part of page)

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CASE55849: Horary consultation concerning Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) and Mr Edward Hurst [Goodman Hurst] (PERSON31990)

Question asked by Mr Skinner (PERSON58865) on 24 March 1623 at 15:29

RN Mr Skynner an Attorney of Hitching 55 y for his neighb Mr Hust & also for his owne disease wch is a shaking palsy not benūmed & mutch troubled wth the wynd Cholick |wheathr bath good.| body drye cōpl melanch.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 33r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE24560: Horary consultation concerning Mary Leech (PERSON24199)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1610 at 13:30

RN mary leach of filgrave 42 y Apr 21. hor. 1. 30 p m 16i0

lame in her armes was extreme sicke. & lame & was twice let blood. & yet is somewhat lame but so well amended that shee could come her selfe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 13r (upper right part of page)

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CASE28943: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON20827)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 06:25

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheathr shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone yt she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 86v (upper right part of page)

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CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)

Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. sep a ap yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (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-patient-age-band=040-049;f2-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 6 January 2025.