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CASE55056: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Ventris (PERSON60836)

Question asked by the patient on 2 October 1622 at 14:30

RN Mr Henry Ventres 21 y Octob 2. h. 2. 30 p m 1622. hed & face & body breake out in pinples {sic} & dye sodenly had a sore throat & mouth. vseth to bleed mutch at nose.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 76r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11834: Horary consultation concerning Richard Kirby (PERSON13331)

Question asked by Mr Yarrow (PERSON17449) on 1 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s patre \{servus} Domino/ cū eu {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart wth a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but wth this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. Mr yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die h. 10. 15. 15981

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed hart. bellye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 59r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE49214: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Bundy (PERSON28532)

Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1619 at 08:40

RN Th. Bundy a batch of Roxon 23 y Iuly. 12 h. 8 40 ant m 1619. |hed & body cā not sit vp extrely {sic} handled|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 92v (upper left part of page)

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CASE76041: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Gascoyne (PERSON49679)

Question asked by Mr John Gascoyne (PERSON49674) on 29 November 1632 at 15:00

RN Elis: Gascoyne 2 y & a halfe novēb. 29. y. {sic} h. 3. p m 1632 pater sine cons /all Iellow face & body\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 182 (bottom right part of page)

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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)

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CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)

Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. sep a ap yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11778: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Houghton (PERSON12905)

Question asked by the patient on 6 November 1598 at 12:30

RN Thomas Whooton of haversham about 22. vnmaried. sick this yere. quærit remediū. novemb 6. die . h. 12. 30. he hath had a swelling in his right side broken out in his wrest & body filthy water. heavy vncōfortable his hed gyddy & light his sight bad

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 47v (upper right part of page)

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CASE50315: Horary consultation concerning Robert Green (PERSON31109)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1620 at 09:20

RW Robart Greene of Raunson. y. 17. d. h: 9. 20 ant m Feb: 25: 1620.

head full of bleach: & so is his bodie wch healeth sometimes, & then breaketh out: eateth his meate well & goeth to the stoole orderly

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 137v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75540: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Austin (PERSON43122)

Question asked by the patient on 20 September 1632 at 11:39

RN Elis. Austyn of Ashton by Own{dle} 34 y Sept 20 h. 11. 39 ant m 1632 |face & body swelled|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 28 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE19960: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Watkins (PERSON16860)

Question asked by the patient on 12 October 1601 at 17:30

RN Katheron Watkins of Northampton 18 y. came to my me for her tetters in her face & b{row}e & bodye. Octob. 12 hor. 5. 30. p m 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 210v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12667: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Kilpine (PERSON13364)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17718) on 8 September 1599 at 12:45

RN Elisa Gilpine 9. y. a feare faced & very full faced child {reare}th vp mutch fleme at all tymes. sometimes hed bodye. sept. 8 die h. 12. 45. 1599. ready to stop her winde. kept her bed wth it.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 198v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE15166: Horary consultation concerning Mary Toyer (PERSON16515)

Question asked by the patient on 18 June 1603 at 10:12

RN Mary Toyer of Steavengton 27 y. Iune 18 hor. 10. 12. 1603.

hart & hed bodye shortwynded

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 90r (upper left part of page)

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CASE17524: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Barbara Coates (PERSON10691)

Question asked by the patient on 18 July 1602 at 15:00

RN Mres C {sic} Barbara Coates 27. y. of Hanslop. maried 3 y. Iuly 18 hor. 3. p m. 1602.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘face swelled & pimpled & bodye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 141r (upper left part of page)

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CASE48238: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Hoplye (PERSON31831)

Question asked by the patient on 13 February 1619 at 13:00

RN Mres Hoplye servāt to my lady Bruce yt hath ye cōmand of the Ower of Amptill 30 y mayed {sic} feb. 13 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1619 2 y mayed {sic} no child burning feaver a fortnight a tert head & body burnt

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 170r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE70467: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Hughes (PERSON52080)

Question asked by the patient on 12 April 1630 at 09:20

RN mres An Hughes 19. Ap 12 . h. 9. 20 ant m. 1630 subiect to scabs & pustles in her face & body |ring worms salt flegm|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 248 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE41794: Horary consultation concerning John Newman (PERSON24618)

Question asked by the patient on 4 May 1615 at 16:30

RN Iohn Nuemā of Brodwell 14. y may 4 h. 4. 30 p m 16i5 swelled all over face body belly legs.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘swelled all over.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 6v (upper left part of page)

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CASE38672: Horary consultation concerning Mary Ferry (PERSON30343)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1611 at 11:00

RN Mary fery of Buckinghā 18 y sept. 10. h. 11 ant m. 1611. taketh her by fits in ye hed & swelleth in her body after meate/

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 162r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE79496: Horary consultation concerning Marian Phillips (PERSON56684)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1635 at 10:00

SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. h. 10. a. m. 1635

Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body

\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday yt it lightend & thunde{red} so much.

it first tooke her wth sorenes in her throate

body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 241v (upper right part of page)

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CASE48599: Horary consultation concerning William Steele (PERSON35707)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 at 11:30

RN Will Steele of Groundon 25 y last whitsontyde afternone afore Evening prayer came in son to me may 1. h {sic} hor. 11. 30 ant m 1619.

crooked in his lims necke \arms/ & body not foolish

2 y ill mutch physick no helpe

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE13492: Horary consultation concerning William Uvedale (PERSON60768)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1598 at 08:15

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die . h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166v (upper 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?f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ATorso;f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f8-has-astro-chart=Yes, accessed 13 January 2025.