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CASE48601: Nativity for Mrs Frances Digby (PERSON29826)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 no earlier than 16:40

RN Mres francis Digbye Sr Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēbr. before 7 in ye morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|

mutch troubled wth melanch pass apt to weep wthout any iust case.

nata Octob 29 h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in ye stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. wth a |continuall| payne at her hart at yt tyme of all on her left syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 347v (upper left part of page)

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CASE61682: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Rachel Basket (PERSON43702)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1626 at 11:40

RN Mres Rachel: of Parsnā 18 y 21 y febr 28 h. 11 40 p ant m 1626. dull heavy & hot in her back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 105v (middle left part of page)

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CASE12191: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 13:00

RN An Winkles of Hanslop. 60. amisse this 20 yeres: vndr her left side pricketh leeke a dagger. cōbred wth colour. wth slymy black reping geere. goeth vp to her belly & backe. Apr. 2. die . h. 1. 1599. sad & hevye.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119v (upper left part of page)

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CASE25429: Horary consultation concerning Robert Lea (PERSON24166)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1610 at 11:00

RN Robart lea of Whaddon 2{illeg}|35|. y. a child of 3 yeres Octob. 5 h. 11. ant m 16i0.

of a melancholy cōstit sad heavy lūpish stomack loveth no cōpany/1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mopish.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 131r (upper right part of page)

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CASE44057: Horary consultation concerning Mr Francis Johnson (PERSON32128)

Question asked by the patient on 6 November 1616 at 10:39

RN francis Iounson of Tyddington 26 y {illeg}|n|ovēb. 6 h. 10. 30|9|. ant m 16i6 |a great hoarsnes {4}|3| yers a heaving in his chest wth mutch wynd.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 19v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15

RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die . h. 10. 15. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12361: Horary consultation concerning Joan Chivoll (PERSON10506)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1599 at 08:00

RN Ione Chivoll of Woulson for her stomacke & the chest cannot eate well. 67. t{rea}teth wind mutch taketh nothing but breade. sad heavy and vncōfortable. her water of a good Colour. but had a black sediment of melancholy. Maij 2. die h. 8. ant: m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 146v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE33906: Horary consultation concerning Mr Michael Dormer [Dorman] (PERSON22954)

Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1608 at 10:00

RN Mr michaell Dormer 27 y. a batcheler. Aug 9. h.  {sic} 10. ant m 1608. /pass. hypocōdriaca sydes\ |full of melancholy sad heavy vncōfortable left syde swelled|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 180r (upper right part of page)

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CASE57316: Horary consultation concerning Mary Brendley (PERSON44747)

Question asked by the patient on 23 October 1623 at 14:45

RN Mary Brendlye of Olnye 27 y octob. 23 h. 2. 20|45| {sic} \45./ p {m} 1623. |a great trembling at her hart & shortwyded apt to swound A great heavyness of heart| /extreme desp sick when she styrreth but not resting\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 11v (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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3AHeaviness;f11-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 8 January 2025.