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CASE12233: Horary consultation concerning Alice Cowly (PERSON11000)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1599 between 08:30 and 10:30

RN Alce Cowley of Sherington 39. swelled in her body & legs. a very high coloured woman.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124v (middle right part of page)

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CASE23620: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Walker (PERSON36409)

Question asked by the patient on 27 June 1614 at 14:30

RN Thomas Walker gardyner to {G}. Chaterton. 56 y Iune 27 h. 2. 30 p m 1614 a black sanguyne cōplex. payned in his chest. swolne in his body & legs it tooke him 16 days since. /of St yeedes\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 35v (bottom 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)

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CASE58958: Horary consultation concerning Robert Favell (PERSON48790)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39961) on 20 August 1624 at 11:45

RN Rob favell very weak g{athes} no strenght. & goeth crosse legs other wise not & his legs & body pyne Aug 1|2|0 h. 11 45 ant m 1624

3 y ch{rim}{illeg}|{s}| {sic} Christmas the sonday senet before Christmas h. 12. 30 in ye morning very early

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 46r (upper left part of page)

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CASE21840: Horary consultation concerning Goody Hobs (PERSON12812)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1604 at 10:20

RN Goody Hobs of Gothurst 60|3| y. Decēb 27. hor. 10 20 ant m 1604.

every where swelled in her lyms armes. legs bodye very shortwyded.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 202r (upper right part of page)

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CASE43348: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Brown (PERSON28477)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1616 at 12:38

RN Isb. Browne of yadly {sic} Hastyn 26 y May 9 h. 12. 38 p m 16i6 hath layen in childb{y}|e|d ever sinc 4 May even swelled every where face hands armes legs & body

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 84r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die . h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)

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CASE20802: Horary consultation concerning Walter Brown (PERSON10104)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1604 at 09:25

RN Water Browne her husb 40 y extremely swelled in his body frō the chest downe to his {illeg}|le|gs wch are mightely hoven & swelled his stomacke very good at the same tyme.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 41r (bottom part of page)

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CASE18765: Horary consultation concerning Francis Woodmancy (PERSON17354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 January 1601 at 12:26

RN Frauncis Woodmacy of Olny 38 Ian. 6 die hor. 12. 26. p m. 1600 {sic} burnt p. legs & body et swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 3v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE48806: Horary consultation concerning Anne Abdy (PERSON27227)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1619 at 06:39

RN Ione \Anne/ Abdy of this towne 30 y May 24 h. 6. 39 ant m 1619 past her {illeg} {sic} {illeg} tyme 3 quaters {sic} of a yer{s} {sic} & a fortnight beasts {sic} doe not swell as before legs swell very big in her body desyrous of physick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 13r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE56327: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39672)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1623 at 18:00

RN Sr Thomas Comptons Cook may 15 {illeg}|| h. 6 p m 1623

swelled in his legs & body a Dropsy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 104v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13956: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17906)

Question asked by the patient on 30 August 1603 at 10:45

RN for a poer womā of Sherington yt hath bene long sick & swollen in her body face legs cānot goe August 30 hor 10. 45. ant m 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 68v (bottom 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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CASE50335: Horary consultation concerning Henry Shephard (PERSON35259)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1620 at 11:30

RW Henry Sheepheard. of Sympson. y. 60. d. h. 11. 30 ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. hath beene sicke ever since Christmas. is swelled in his body: & his belly hard: legs swelled & hath a little issue in each of them: hath kept his bed these two dayes. Eateth his meate prettily well: is rather loose then costive

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10744: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Agnes Lancaster (PERSON13548)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1600 at 10:15

RN Goody Lancastar of Milton. 50 y. Iune 2 die h. 10. 15. ant m. 1600 short winded hoven im {sic} her bodye belly brest. legs sore rancled & have rūning sores.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 93v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49923: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Young (PERSON37175)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1619 at 15:00

RN Will Young of Illing beyond St yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before St Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by wth mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold wth a nūmnes in his legs yt he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body yt he cā scarce get his cleathes togeathr by fits his legs

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 51v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12075: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burton (PERSON10231)

Question asked by the patient between 13 March 1599 at 14:30 and 14 March 1599 at 11:10

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back wth cold & a trembling ach in her back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom 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?f15-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ATorso;f16-judgment=No;f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs, accessed 20 March 2025.