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CASE20457: Horary consultation concerning Sybil West [Nichols] [Goody Nichols] (PERSON16965)

Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1602 at 12:00

RN Sybyll West alias Nichols bapt āno dni 1568 the 23 of feb. sent to me for my counsell this febr. 25 hor. 12. 1602. of Woollisson.

for the swelling of her face.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 301r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73771: Horary consultation concerning Jane Redding (PERSON57437)

Question asked by Mr John More (PERSON54894) on 10 February 1632 at 15:00

TG jana {sic} RN \Iane/ Reding \of laten/ 11 annos nata prentise at Londen RN a swelling of her thighs & legs |mr Iohn Moore of Layton| craveth my consayleTG 1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘1632. Febr. d. 10. h. 3. p M.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 436 (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE50684: Horary consultation concerning Jane Leate (PERSON24178)

Question asked by Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503) on 20 April 1620 at 17:30

RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled wth a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge

she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 414, f. 8r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE40644: Horary consultation concerning Knight (PERSON32392)

Question asked by Old Mrs Elizabeth Knight (PERSON13465) on 25 November 1612 at 14:00

RN \mres Elis knight/ Hath a nother Daughter yt was hit yesterday wth a peece of bred in yorest & her ey ve\r/y mutch swelled. y {sic} she cānot see sent for my counsell what to doe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 214v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11564: Horary consultation concerning Mary Battison (PERSON16690)

Question asked by the patient on 19 July 1598 at 09:12

RN Mary R Vattison a widowe 60 yeres old. mittit consilio et morbi remedio. / Iulij 19 th die . h. 9. 12. m. /short winded & puffed vp in her cheste/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE19522: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18453)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1601 at 06:30

RN a Poer wench of London wch was had a face swelled very hand {sic} & a hard {sic} greatly swelled. wch was broken wth pultisses came to knowe my counsell Iuly 5. & whenc it ceeded & what was good for it. Iune 17. die hor 6. 30 ant m. 160i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 136r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73839: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Anderson (PERSON42694)

Question asked by the patient on 21 February 1632 at 13:10

Mrs. Margaret Anderson. \of Tringe/ 16. y. Febr 21. . h. 1. 10. p m. 1632

Shee tooke her Phisick wch wrought very well, but her Leggs doe nowe swell very much toward night, & pitt into the flesh wth great paine, her thighes & Belly swell alsoe

Desires to knowe what should bee done:

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 455 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE43107: Horary consultation concerning Mr Francis Combs [The older Mr Combs] (PERSON29218) and Mrs Mary Combs (PERSON29219)

Question asked by Mr Francis Combs [The older Mr Combs] (PERSON29218) and Mrs Mary Combs (PERSON29219) on 1 April 1616 at 17:00

RN Mr francis Combes Mr {sic} Apr 1. h. 5 p. m 16i6 cā abyde no wet nor wynd. eys bad dersyreth a direction in writing

his physick wch I sent him did him no good.

Mres Mary Combes. tooke her physick it did her some good but now her other cheeke is swelled. vryne good

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 45r (bottom right, and bottom left parts 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?f12-patient-sex=Female;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AMedical%20counsel;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3ASwelling, accessed 26 February 2025.