CASE56232: Decumbiture for Mary Pettit (PERSON56629)
Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1623 at 13:30
RN first taken Ap 26 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m a lightnes of head tooke her first Ap 26 h 4. 3 h. 10. 30 ant m 1623.
a swȳming in her head makīg as if she were deafe a cold sweat & quivering
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 89v (bottom left part of page)
CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)
Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15
RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.
head cold
vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyTrembling )
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, motherBack)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Thighs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
CASE12301: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bourton (PERSON9905)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 08:30
RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but yt god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall wth it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day yt maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porrengr of clompered bloode/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartBackChest)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (CoughShort windedRespiratory phlegm)
