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CASE12350: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Farnwell [the elder] (PERSON11658)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1599 at 07:00

RN Old Goody Farnell of Lowton very sick on Easter munday was abroad in the thunder & mad wc shee could could {sic} not abide to heare & made great hast homeward & tooke greate heate & after colde. sent to me this this {sic} 30 of Ap. die h. 7. 1599. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 144v (upper right part of page)

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CASE34997: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Lea (PERSON13635)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1609 at 11:30

RN Mr Iohn lea sent for me in all hast being extreme sicke of a burning feaver. march. 26 h. 11. 30 ant m 1609

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 326r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE37826: Horary consultation concerning Young Mrs Dorothy Fortescue [Throckmorton] (PERSON23241)

Question asked by Old Mr Throckmorton (PERSON16428) on 6 April 1611 at 08:40

RN The old Throckmorton sent for the lady fortiskues daughter. who is sick of a burning feaver. Apr. 6 h {sic} hor 8. 40. ant m 1611.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 55r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32581: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Kelly (PERSON24000)

Question asked by the patient on 16 January 1608 at 15:00

RN Her man keld. {sic} \Thomas Kelly/ sick of a burning fever very faynt his loseng wrought vp & downe vehemently & made him very sicke. sent his watr Ian 16 h {sic} hor 3 p m 1608.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 342r (upper right part of page)

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CASE77975: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Duncombe [Young Mr Duncombe] (PERSON48155)

Question asked by the patient on 5 August 1633 at 06:30

RN Mr Iohn Duncōbe fell sick betwixt 8. & nine wth shivering & then into a feaver. Aug 4 h. 8. 30 ant m 1633.

Aug 5. h. 6. 30 ant m sent his water 1633

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Iohn Duncōbe of great Brickhill: 36 y Aug 5. h. 6. 30 ant m. 1633.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, pp. 353–354 (p. 353 bottom right, and p. 354 upper left)

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CASE43966: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSONGRP62)

Question asked by Mr Edmond [Edward] Ferrers [Ferry] (PERSON30336) on 30 September 1616 at 11:00

RN all my lord Hintens Wentworths men sorely handled wth the the {sic} burning feaver./

Mr Edward Ferrers my lords \wentworths/ secreatary wrought wrote in there behalfe my lord & my lady mutch afflicted. for th {sic}is new for the sicknes of there servants. & craveth my best counsell sept 30 h. 11. ant m 16i6.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 5v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE41216: Horary consultation concerning Mr Raphael Neale (PERSON24584)

Question asked by Mrs Jean [Agnes] [Joan] [Anne] Baker [Forman] [Neale] (PERSON2826) on 21 April 1613 at 20:20

RN Mr Neale mres formās Husb. 30 y Ap. 21. . h. 8 20 p m. 1613.

extreme sick in his ague. mutch troubled wth cold. /she sent me a peece of Sattyn.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 98r (upper left part of page)

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CASE32473: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON25351)

Question asked by Dr W. Shephard (PERSON20752) on 26 December 1607 at 09:39

RN Doctr Shephard for on labou sick of a peripleumonia cū febr malig et pestilenti. quærit an sit evasurus decēb. 26 hor 9. 39. ant m. 1607.

at this tyme his lettr came to mye hande for an Answer

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 327r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12239: Horary consultation concerning Richard Mannings (PERSON13930)

Question asked by the patient on 18 April 1599 at 13:15

RN Richard Māning of Hartwell 20 yeres sick this 7 weekes & can doe not doe any thing taketh him leeke an ague & when it cōmeth wth a shaking colde & going away it maketh him as it were blind it so troubleth his hed. sent this 18 of Apr: die h. 1. 2|1|5. m pnn {sic} 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 126r (upper left 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)

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CASE12125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Hammond (PERSON12509)

Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 13:10

RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martij 22. die  {sic}. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 109r (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?f10-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness;f8-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20sent%3A%3AAt%20unspecified%20location;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFevers%2C%20chills%20and%20sweating, accessed 25 February 2025.