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CASE63413: Horary consultation concerning Sir John Underhill [Mr John Underhill] (PERSON36309)

Question asked by Lady Alice Bacon [Underhill] [Lady Verulam] [Vicountess of St Albion] (PERSON43186) on 15 March 1627 at 19:00

RN The vicomtesse of St Albion: march 15 h. 7. 30 p m 1627 I receaved her letter march.

[Astrological Chart]

will not myt the Doctors to make an Issue vntill I give my Consent |v He is exceedīgly amended & cā Impe {sic} & leape god be thacked {sic} But yet cānot heare|1

she will not myt his Doctors to give him any more Cordials because they dead his stoak but Kitchin physick by wch he is nutch {sic} anended {sic} & growen stronger eateth well & sleepeth well cā Impe {sic} & leape wth out harme & his eyes very cleere & well sighted & better then before

but his hearing is nutch {sic} decayed as when she sent vnto me last

They resolved last monday to have made an Issue but she would not myt thē then in & app to the of & p {illeg}

Sr Iohn Vnderhil for his deafnes

Sr Iohn vnderhill for his extreme Deafnes

Notes:

1 ‘well mended god be thanked but \can see well but not heare at all/’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 25r-v (f. 25r upper left, f. 25r upper right, f. 25v upper left, and f. 25v upper right)

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CASE26498: Interrogation (Marriage) concerning Mrs Dorothy Bruarton [Bannister] (PERSON1384)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1600 between 09:00 and 09:30

SF 1596 30 of Iune p mr at 30 p 41

DB {illeg}maried the 30th of Iune betwixt foure and five aclocke in the evening in the yeare of our Lord i596 being xxvth yeres ould at that time being being borne on Saynt mathes Daye betwixt xii and one at night SF \1571 / Dority {borne} borne at Barthelemutide the day and time vnsertayne being of of {sic} the age of five ag or sixe and thirty nowe Desiring yow to make the playster for my backe agaynst friday or saterday if posiple yow can for I indure great payne yow may tell this berar howe I must vse the oyle for hearing wch yow gave me whether I must take it whote or CouldeSF

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mrs banister maried/’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 236, f. 23r, f. 23Ar-v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE59840: Horary consultation concerning Sir John Underhill [Mr John Underhill] (PERSON36309)

Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1625 at 20:15

RN Mr Iohn Vnderhill quærit vtrū medicus qui sanationē mittit deo volente efficerit Febr 26|4| h. 8. 15 p m 1625 |feb. 24|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘sight & hearing mutch decayed.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 176r (upper right part of page)

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CASE63138: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grace Lant [Richardson] (PERSON53376)

Question asked by the patient on 25 November 1626 at 11:30

RN My Cosen Lant sent to me a letter novēb 25 h {sic} hor 12 {sic} \11. 30/ 1626 /craveth pils. troubled in her head & hearing as before\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 349v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11604: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Mead (PERSON14095)

Question asked by the patient on 8 August 1598 at 07:45

RN Elisab. Mead servant of 22 y of Newp. craveth a remedy for her deafnes & paine of her head the 8 of Aug die h. 7. 4 {2}|5| mi. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 11r (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?f12-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f13-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AHearing%20problems, accessed 13 January 2025.