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CASE11745: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Reade (PERSON15203)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1598 at 08:30

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE44335: Horary consultation concerning Mr Nicholas Ridley (PERSON34758)

Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1617 at 10:25

RN Mr Nich. Ridley of Weston 63 y feb: 24. h. 10. 25 ant m 1617 chest belly & other tes. a very bad stomacke about a fortnight ill.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 69v (upper left part of page)

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CASE18630: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Sims (PERSON15836)

Question asked by the patient on 2 February 1603 at 11:45

RN Alce Syms of Milton 6{illeg}|3| feb {illeg}|2| hor. 11. 45 p m. 1603. |a rising in her stomacke|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 299r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19508: Horary consultation concerning Joan Cooper (PERSON10918)

Question asked by the patient on 3 July 1601 at 14:30

RN Ione Coo of Woodburcot 63. Iuly 3. die hor 2. 30 p m. 160i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hoven about the chest’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 133r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11883: Horary consultation concerning Joan Clark (PERSON10612)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Ihone Clarke of Rawnson 63. sick this sennet. cannot rest in her bed can tak no rest was pretely mended & now ill againe in her chest./ this 18 of Decemb. die h. 10. 15. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 68v (upper left part of page)

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CASE46580: Horary consultation concerning John Dawes (PERSON29691)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1618 at 11:00

RN Iohn Dawes of Chillington in bedfordsheere. 63 y may 8 h 11. ant m 1618. brused of on syde

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 90r (upper left part of page)

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CASE64701: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1627 at 12:45

RN Mres Duncōbe of great Brickhill {60} 63 y octob 3 {sic} 4 h. 12. 45. p m 1627 |body mutch swelled & shortwyded.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 231r (middle left, and bottom parts of page)

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CASE68167: Horary consultation concerning Dr Astley (PERSON42997)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1629 at 13:20

Dr Astly warden of Alsoules Colledge in Oxford 63. y. Apr. 13. 1. 20. . p. m. 1629

[Astrological Chart]

1 Had a colde & an extreame Cough a weeke afore shouetyde {sic} wch did much shake & macerate his Body & was freed both of colde & Cough wthin 3 weekes after. findes a defect in his digestion, in the liuer as hee feareth, wch heretofore hath much anoyed him.

2. is \hath beene/ very costiue (saueinge for 3 dayes last past) wth some forcemt thereto, yet his Body is temporate for heate & colde.

3 hee is not much thirsty saue at meales;

4 hee sleepes indifferent well, 5 or 6 houres in the night at beast.

5 his stomack seemeth to bee quieted when hee suppeth posset drinke

6 This is his Clymatericall yeare, beeinge 63 yeares at Alhollowetide last.

7 hee desires to knowe howe his Liuer may bee releeved & howe his Body may be loosened.

8 His was water ordinarily keepes in a reasonable lowe Coulour.

9 Hee feares yt his Body (beeinge old & weake) will not much abide Phisike./

10 his dyet coonly is veale & broth. & sometimes mutton, his drinke is small Be{e}re

vide April. 13.

Dr Astley warden of Alsolue {sic} Coll. in Oxon 63. y. Apr. 13. h. 2|1|. 20. p. m. 1629.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 135v, f. 151r (f. 135v upper left, f. 135v bottom right, f. 151r upper left, and f. 151r bottom)

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=Yes;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f4-patient-age-band=060-069%3A%3A63, accessed 8 February 2025.