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CASE42629: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Leech (PERSON32664)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1615 at 09:00

RN Elis leach of Caucot otherwise Caldecote 43. y. novēb. 8 h. 9. ant m 16i5 /43 y\ quærit an sit gravida necne. hath bene bigger & bigger. ever sinc mydsomer & is growen bigger & bigger as a womā great wth child. & yet hath her termes every month hath a fewe. her brests leake. |very desyrous to know weathr she have not a tȳpany bred on her|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 143v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE59792: Horary consultation concerning Goody Holman (PERSON51743) and Holman (PERSON51739)

Question asked by Goody Holman (PERSON51743) on 15 February 1625 at 10:30

RN Goody Holmā of newport 28 y feb 15 h. 10. 30 ant m. 1625

[Astrological Chart]

a thick white water./

mother broght a bed next thursday a fort{y}|g|{sic} hath child but ever the {sic} dye and after they be borne they dye sore at a qu halfe a yere some a quater {sic} & some a month her selfe is well

but hath on child yt liveth wch another womā did suckell but those yt she suckleth doe all dye this Child is all over yellow as if it had the Iades {sic}

the vyne {sic} scladeth the child

would know wheathr good to suckle {l}|o|r to put it out.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 402, f. 166r (upper left part of page)

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CASE31798: Horary consultation concerning Magdalen Dormer [Curson] [Young Lady Curson] (PERSON22807)

Question asked by the patient on 27 June 1607 at 14:00

RN my lady Curson of As|d|stock. 30 y Iune 27 h {sic} hor 2. p m 1607 I take my selfe to be some so {sic} fortnight quick wth child hath taken a great cold in vehement maner yt I cā not turne me in my bed & feare mutch harme of it because of strayninge /ready to stop her wynde.\1

Notes:

1 ‘2 weekes quicke wth child.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 235r (upper right part of page)

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CASE42402: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37979)

Question asked by Dr Bannister (PERSON27693) on 15 September 1615 at 14:00

RN a Womā of Bedford yt mr Banyster craved my Consell vtrū grav. vl hydropid. vl malā habeat septeb. 15 h. 2. 1{5} p m. 16i5

Womā of Bedford 36 y sept. 15 h 2 p m 1615

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 105r (upper left, bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE46164: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Duncombe (PERSON48163)

Question asked by Mr William Duncombe (PERSON29957) on 13 March 1618 at 12:00

RN Mr Will Duncōbe 22 y of Litlington parke march. 13. . h. 12. 1618.

for his wife troubled wth a waterish humour rising in her stomack. & very sick wth all lyeth heavy as if she had surfeted it voketh her to cast. casteth mutch water.

Imagyneth she may be wth child. & therfore craveth gentle physick.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 14v (upper left part of page)

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CASE24904: Horary consultation concerning Goody Cooper (PERSON29360) and Thomas Withers (PERSON36989)

Question asked by Goody Cooper (PERSON29360) on 1 June 1610 at 08:00

RN Goody Coo \of newport/ 40 y. Iune 1. h. 8 ant m 16i0.

every where./ cānot rellish any water.

Thomas Wythers of newport 3 quarters old Iune 1. h. 8 ant m 16i0

a great cold extreeme sick cā eate or take any thing

[Astrological Chart]

Goody Coo quærit an sit gravida cānot rellish anye thinge. ill this moneth.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 51v (upper right part of page)

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CASE16760: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) and Alice Faulkner [Vescy] (PERSON11680)

Question asked by Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) on 30 March 1602 at 09:00

RN Iohn Spencer of W|S|r Robart Spencers servant. Martij 30 hor. 8. 9. ant m. 1602. cōplayneth of his left syde & spleene & swelling of his legge.

quærit {illeg}|r|emediū Aloysia faulkner 23 y. troubled wth the greene sicknes hath taken many vomits but noone would worke wth her craveth a vomit sick in ye stomacke quærit an \an {sic} alce faukner/ virū diligit nec ne.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘mutch greef & discontment {sic}’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 22r (upper right part of page)

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CASE74092: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Catesby (PERSON45757)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1632 at 13:30

RN Mres Margaret Catesbe now soiourning at Hardmead 23 y 4 childrē youngest a quarter of a yere march. 21. h. 1 30 p m 1632.

vtrū gravida. stomack ill |a heate in her hand & purpels.| 5 child living

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 13 (upper right 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=Sex%2C%20family%20and%20generation;f16-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29;startDoc=21, accessed 6 November 2024.