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CASE63135: Horary consultation concerning Mr Wotten (PERSON62273)

Question asked by the patient on 23 November 1626 at 17:30

RN Mr Wootton sent vnto ne {sic} a letter novēb 23. h|| h. 5. 30 p m 16261

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘desp sick & weake’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 348v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)

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CASE63282: Horary consultation concerning Henry Coates (PERSON46382)

Question asked by the patient on 22 February 1627 at 11:15

RN Henry Coates of Chicley 40 y febr: 22 . h. 11. 15 ant m 1627.

was at worke wth Mr fisher of Wilden & sent home yesterday & keepeth his bed & reareth blood by spetting a litle at a tyme

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 4r (upper left part of page)

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CASE55541: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Reeve [Warren] (PERSON57469)

Question asked by the patient on 25 January 1623 at 15:25

RN my Cosen Warren \Reeve/ sent me a letter Ian 25 h {sic} hor 3 \25/ p m 1623 last weeke voyded vp blood 3 tymes. to the quantity of halfe a pynt is very ill feaversh {sic} weake & feeble & cānot slepe

[Astrological Chart]

desyrous of some cordiall & of my advice

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 162r (upper right part of page)

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CASE51305: Horary consultation concerning Lady Leigh [Mary Egerton] (PERSON2505)

Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1620 at 05:40

RN The lady |Lee| \{illeg} of layton/ sent for Mr Wallys to come to her Iuly. 28 h. 5. 4|0| ant m 1620

payned wth her old infirmity

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 127r (upper left part of page)

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CASE58978: Horary consultation concerning Lady Power (PERSON57019)

Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1624 at 16:30

RN The lady power of Beverley 50 y. h. 4. 30 p m 1624

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

fell sick yes {sic} of a great stitch fear a plurisy.

sent for me to come to thē.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 48v (upper right part of page)

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CASE58410: Horary consultation concerning Mr Daniel Gist [Guest] (PERSON49859)

Question asked by the patient on 11 May 1624 at 08:45

RN Mr \Danyell/ Gyst sent her {sic} water May 11 h. 8 45 ant m 1624 \of Ravensdon pracher & schoolemaster/ feeleth some grudgings of his former disease arising of wynd in his stomake it weares away quickly.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 185r (upper left part of page)

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CASE69818: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Hanmer (PERSON50771)

Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1629 at 08:45

RN The lady Hāmor sent her water Decēb 10 h. 8 45 ant m 1629 ready to faynt & to have her breath stopped had a very ill night & feareth death

full of melancholy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 1 (upper right part of page)

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CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

[Astrological Chart]

\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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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)

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-practitioner-is-patient=No;f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29;f3-language=English;f4-patient-consent=Patient%20asked%20the%20question;f5-querent-identified=Yes;f7-date=1620-1629;f8-practitioner=Mr%20Richard%20Napier%20%5BSandy%5D%20%5BRichard%20Napier%20%5BSenior%5D%5D%20%28PERSON5218%29;f9-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent, accessed 22 July 2024.