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CASE58084: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Duncombe (PERSON29984)

Question asked by the patient on 7 April 1624 at 11:40

RN Mres Dorothy Duncōbe. 24 y Ap 7 h. 11 40 ant m 1624 head exceedingly payned & back cōtinuall hath them well & bleedeth this spring at nose

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 134v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12050: Horary consultation concerning Old Goodman Hull (PERSON13043)

Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1599 at 07:00

RN Old Goodman Hull of Newpport for a stitch in his left side cōming frō \or by/ his back & so to his hart ready to stop his winde maketh him look very ill martij 12 die die  {sic} h. 7. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98r (upper right part of page)

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CASE39722: Horary consultation concerning Alice Blea (PERSON28137)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37710) on 24 April 1612 at 10:00

RN Goody Blays child 3 y Alce Blay a great bunch in her backe & hollow & cānot goe Ap 24 h. 10 ant m 1612

lame in her loynes

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 69v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53723: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Kirkland [Foster] (PERSON20095)

Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1622 at 16:00

RN Mres foster {illeg}|o|f newp 23 y march. 18 h. 4 p m. 1622 /a huzzing in head like rayne wth a gydynes a bad back flushing heat on the left syde of her head\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 26v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE71180: Horary consultation concerning Frances Erpe (PERSON48583) and Thomas Smith (PERSON59066)

Question asked by Frances Erpe (PERSON48583) between 1 January 1631 at 11:20 and 3 January 1631 at 09:45

RN Thomas Smyth a boy tongue tyed twice or thrice cut: cānot speake

francis Erpe his mother an ach in her back going into her belly & casteth cleere water onc or twice a day & at other tyms

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 43 (upper right part of page)

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CASE15969: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Piggot (PERSON14938)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1603 at 12:15

GJ Dorothy Piggott of Lenborough 22 y. almost a yeere maried Faynt and weake a payne in her backe and rising in her stomack

quærit vt sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 170v (upper right part of page)

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CASE79175: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) and Sage (PERSON58113)

Question asked by Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) on 7 October 1634 between 09:45 and 14:00

SRN Fayth Sage of High Lauer for a litenes in her head. & a papue in her Teeth & a trembling at her heart.

her Husband was taken with a payne in her|is| backe that he can hardly goe./.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 157r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13103: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes Dickins (PERSON11301)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1600 at 14:30

RN Agnes Dickins of Wavendon 36 lyeth in h {sic} childbead th|y|esterday was fortnight. her right leg hath lost the vse of it full of ache & payne sweateth & is swelled. payned in her backe. wth a pricking & shooting feb. 20 die h. 2. 30 p m. 1600. /delivered of a boye\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 273v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48394: Horary consultation concerning Mr Bates (PERSON27852)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 15:00

RN Mr Bates of Maydes Mo\r/ton 3 months ill a full stomach. shortwȳded & sinc satterday last wth great heat & fayntnes. back hot a flushing heate a flegmatick stomack march 15 h. 3. p m 1619

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 202v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12476: Horary consultation concerning Richard Austin (PERSON9320)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1599 at 10:30

RN Auste

Rich: Austen for a paine in his chest & stomacke & hart & a weaknes in his backe & bodye & shortwinded come when he laboureth as it were wth a swelling i7 of may. die h. 10. 30 Mr Anthony Greeneway of lechamsteede 1599. |a driver in his howse./|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11950: Horary consultation concerning Richard Prentice (PERSON15047)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1599 at 11:45

RN Rich Prentise of lowten about 60 payned in his back lims & in his mēbers. full of aches feb. 20 die h. 11. 45. 1599. cannot sleepe he hath a great scouring day by day. 4 or 6 times a day for this 20 yeres.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 80r (upper left part of page)

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CASE17750: Horary consultation concerning Goody Margaret Hooke (PERSON12898)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1602 at 13:30

GJ Margaret Hooke of Stonistratfor{d} 60 y. Aug 18. ho. 1. 30. p m A payne in her backe and at her hart Comes like a stitch Cannot sleepe. / vide Iulij 28

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 178v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE17988: Horary consultation concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient on 27 September 1602 at 07:00

GJ Old goodwife Fisher of this towne Sept: 27 ho 7. a m.

For a payne in her backe and belly. pulls her at the hart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 210r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18924: Horary consultation concerning Alice Hall [Eves] (PERSON12482)

Question asked by the patient on 17 February 1601 at 15:26

RN Alce Hall of Stonystratford 36. a maried woman. 10 y nevr had child. feb. 17 die hor 3. 20|6| p m. 160i payned about her harte backe & armes./we{a}ke & faynt\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 35r (upper left part of page)

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CASE44741: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Heath (PERSON31566)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1617 at 13:50

RN Mres Heath of Grafton Pearke 45 y Ap. 21 h. 1. 50 p m 1617 a weaknes in her back & body consumption feared.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

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CASE28861: Horary consultation concerning Goody Cowly (PERSON19397)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1605 at 07:00

RN Goody Cowly of our towne same tyme.

Goody Cowly a deadly payne in the hynder te of her head yt shee cānot rest for it rūneth into her backe. & chill & cold. chest hard gyrded. Apr 2|3|0 y {sic} {illeg} Apr. h. 7. ant m 1605.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 73r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12462: Horary consultation concerning James Watts (PERSON16871)

Question asked by the patient between 15 May 1599 at 12:00 and 16 May 1599 at 11:30

RN Iames Wats 40 yeres vnmaried. his g{ir}yde payned in his loynes backe hart & his heare of his head pilled.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12680: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Bates (PERSON9551)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1599 at 13:30

RN Ag\n/ys Bates of Waunden 44 y. for a payne in her left syde & backe & a hard belly. sept 10 die h. 1. 30. p m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 200v (upper left part of page)

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CASE27165: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Reynolds (PERSON20611)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1606 at 10:50

RN Thomas Raynolds of Tyddington 60|3| y Apr 16. h. 10. 50 ant m 1606 |stitche right syde back harte. cough|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 111r (upper right 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 16 January 2025.