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CASE74623: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Hummerstone (PERSON52145)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1632 at 08:45

RN Mres Hūmerston yt hath a black Cataract in her eys motes & shades & flyes going before it1 tooke her leaf|v|e of me & cā find no remedy for her eys may 15 h. 8. 45 ant m 1632 |discontent yt she cā fynd no helpe.|

Notes:

1vid Apr 26’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 163 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE37303: Horary consultation concerning Mr Price (PERSON34472)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1609 at 09:00

RN The old man \mr Price/ of whō I bought my horse sent word to know a good tyme to dresse his other ey & to take of a Cataracte Sept 19 h. 9 20 \9./ ant m 1609

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 161r (upper right part of page)

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CASE39010: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37633)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1611 at 15:40

RN Mres formans mayd for her red eyes & megrym. Decēb 27. h. 3. 40. p m. 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 209v (upper left part of page)

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CASE15281: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Ardwey (PERSON9220)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18058) on 8 July 1603 at 10:00

RN Thomas Ardwey of Dunstable 7 y. Iulij 8  {sic} hor. 10. ant m 1603.

a fistula swelled in his ey. right eye

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 101r (upper right part of page)

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CASE15295: Horary consultation concerning William Barnard (PERSON9471)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1603 at 10:40

GJ Will Burnard of gre{at} Horwood 53 y. Iuly 11 ho. 10 40 a m. 1603

A cataract in the left ey.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 102v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE73615: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) and Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)

Question asked by Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513) on 12 January 1632 at 18:20

RN The lady Dorothy Ienins of the Str{and} for her Dropsy & scurvy |& a great co{ugh} yt troubleth her very mutch|

& her Daughters eyes Ian. 12 {h} 6. 20 p m 163{2}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 386 (upper right part of page)

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CASE28910: Horary consultation concerning Goody Hull (PERSON19976) and Joan Hull (PERSON19980)

Question asked by Goody Hull (PERSON19976) and Joan Hull (PERSON19980) on 4 May 1605 at 15:45

RN Goody {C}|H|ull of newport maij 4. h {sic} hor. 3. 45. p m 1605. eyes & hed.

Also her sistr Ione Hull of newporte maij 4 h {sic} hor 3. 45 p m. 1605. greene sicknes

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 80v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE75416: Horary consultation concerning Lady Magdalen Egerton (PERSON48400)

Question asked by the patient on 9 September 1632 at 08:25

RN Quæritr de causa morboū {sic} heroine D magdalenæ \Bridgwater Edgerton/ 15 y Sept 9 hora 8. 25 ant m. 1632. /eys darke\1

[Astrological Chart]

|In novilunio & first quarter./| \melancholick ill/ 6 y troubled hath had Issues in her neck two {illeg}|A|nd 2 in her arms & two nowe in boath feete hath bene let blood {illeg}|b|oath arme & feete 3 or 4 tyms. It came after the smale pox. a full pletherick body |hath had purges pils dyet drinks & An Angle frō king Iams & also this king /her face swelleth a litle wthin these 2 months her swelling\| |neaver had her terms| |hath bene let blood twice in her armes & twice in her feete & twice in her hands & leaches at her lips & thighs & fundament|

It is of in 26. 45. in tripl et ter et fac 2

Notes:

1 ‘Struma’ in chart

2 ap. ap. ap’ in the left margin

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 416, p. 416 (upper left part of page)

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CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 h 6 p m 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom 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-treatment=No;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AEyes, accessed 7 January 2025.