CASE12154: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Linwell (PERSON13735)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 13:30
RN Isbell Linwell servant to Thomas Buncher of Paulus Perrye 30 yeres old nor fathr nor mothr a hie colourd wate woman & sweateth hart swollen in the body & legs. & chest faynte yt shee can do no worke hed & hart beateth. 27 of March die ♂ h. 1. 30 p m. 1599. short winded hath bene amisse this 3 weekꝭ {wak}heth
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss )
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartTorsoChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling )
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)
CASE12322: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)
Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1599 at 09:30
RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing wth her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140v (upper left part of page)
CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss Disease)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE12153: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Allen (PERSON9103)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:30
RN Katheron Allen at Newport 50 yeres old. amisse this {illeg} yeres assone as shee was delivered of a child paynd in her hed. & swollen in her face. aremes {sic} legs hoven in her body sweateth & her hed & neck & syde loketh very hie & is specled. short winded & faynte. March 27. die ♂ h. 11. 30. 1599
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling )
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (FaceHeadThroat and mouth)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (ArmsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)