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CASE69872: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Leavens (PERSON53578)

Question asked by the patient on 23 December 1629 at 16:40

RN Ioane Leavins of Imly 22 y a wench Decēb 23. h. 5 \4. 40/. p. m 16291

[Astrological Chart]

her secreat places burne exceedingly & swell wth sutch payne yt she cā hardly make water & yet maketh very litle

hath a Droutch yt nothing well quench her thirst

hath a hot & a dry liver & a cold stomack

craveth a cooling playster for her liver hath 2 dig

wheathr she shall vse her cels of pouder every day or othr day cānot make water/

Notes:

1 ‘2 fig’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 24 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE78474: Horary consultation concerning Dunsmore (PERSON48196)

Question asked by Mrs Catherine Norwood (PERSON55681) on 18 October 1633 at 12:15

Mrs. Norwood sent her Lady Letter for the Lady Dunsmores Daughter. Oct. 18 . h. 12. 15. pm. 1633

[Astrological Chart]

RN ha\r/d to vomyt vppō any occasion D Gifford & dr Cadymā her former physitions for the greene sicknes after the {sic} had made triall of of {sic} vomyts & saw how vntowardly it wrought followed some other course/

desyreth vomyt purg rathr then vomyts to clense her hot & drye stomack.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 9v (upper left part of page)

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CASE54968: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by Tyrlington (PERSON60670) on 17 September 1622 at 14:00

RN my Cosen Tyrlington vxore calida sitid|b|unda renibus et albe fluv lab. sept. 17 h. 2. p m. 1622 nescit an sit gravida.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 61v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12285: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 08:15

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled wth cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11645: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Newman (PERSON14391)

Question asked by the patient on 26 August 1598 at 12:30

RN Goodmā|dy| Nueman of Brodwell. of 45 yeres of age found mutch ease by yt wc phisick wc was given her & wrought vpward & downeward wth her & shee was very prety well after it for 2 or 3 days. &|b|ut st the thirde day after it tooke her agayne & she is mutch troubled wth the winde cholick & wth a hot & drye stomacke. & sent her daugh{t}{er} agayne to me. Aug. 26. die h. 12. 30. 1598.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 19r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49559: Horary consultation concerning Martin Cole (PERSON29147)

Question asked by the patient on 30 August 1619 at 07:45

RN Martyn Coles of litlington 24 y Aug 30 h. 7. 45. ant m 16i9. sick on|w|th stitches on his right syde & now on his left syde & is very sick. feareth the wormes. chest was. did vomyt a worme very hot & drye.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 162v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11938: Decumbiture for William Knight (PERSON13461)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18731) on 5 January 1599 at 18:40

RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Ian 4 die Ian. {sic} 5. die h. 3. in aur. very evill handled wth sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 78r (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?f11-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ADry%20and%2For%20thirsty;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABurning%20and%20inflamed, accessed 9 January 2025.