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CASE69841: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Sanders (PERSON58243)

Question asked by the patient on 15 December 1629 at 15:00

RN mres Mary Sanders 40 y from Welford Decēb. 15 h: 3. p m. 1629

tooke not the playster at the day appoynted & is desyrous when and at what day she may apply it

2 hath taken the pouder once

3 Dareth not to bleed vntill she shall come to me

4 is mutch troubled wth the wynd yt she cānot keepe cōpany wth her frinds, & if she represse it, then it fumeth vp to her head

5 vseth fasteth on fish days wth butter, egs & salte fish wheathr good

6 hath taken a clyster made wth anysseeds boyled in water to wch she putteth now milke & sugar. thus she hath done twice, wheathr I like it

7 wheathr good to take at breakefast a toast sugar & spice & also to eate of the tost. wch she hath vsed to doe heretofore

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 11 (upper right part of page)

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CASE70380: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edmond Porter (PERSON56930)

Question asked by the patient on 1 April 1630 at 16:00

RN Mr \Edmond/ Porter. of Welfo{rd} but now wth mres Saders. 40 y {m}|A|pr {1} . h. 4. p m. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

Desyreth something to cure him a stomack & to digest liveth all wth broath would know wheathr bleeding would not doe his head good

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 222-223 (p. 222 upper right, p. 222 bottom left, p. 223 upper left, and p. 223 upper right)

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CASE69933: Horary consultation concerning Sir Sanders Duncombe [Mr Sanders Duncombe] (PERSON22981)

Question asked by the patient on 7 January 1630 at 18:30

RN Sr Sanders Duncōbe Ian of St Iohns streete in London by Smythfild Ian. 7. h. 6. 30 p m 1630 /sent me dulcis fron {sic} 4 to 7. wōderfully cōmended\

[Astrological Chart]

enquireth wheathr the pouder cōmended for a Curious medson be so excellent good & suff to be taken. cōpounded of gold & it draweth Downe all the Distems of the head into the stomack & then a clyster bringeth all downe or riddeth it quite1

Comended by a gentlemā for a rare curious & admirable medson.

vtrū ita sit vl nō

borne feb 13. 1581. in the morning. full 47 last febr bone {sic} in the morning & christned the same Day

Notes:

1 ‘This gold hath past putrefaction giveth but 3 stooles It D {sic}’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 51 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE70786: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513)

Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1630 between 14:38 and 19:30

RN The Lady Ienins of the Strad sent for the pouder.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 359 (middle left part of page)

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CASE69839: Nativity for Sir Sanders Duncombe [Mr Sanders Duncombe] (PERSON22981)

Question asked by the patient on 14 December 1629 at 12:20

RN the more babee

If feb 13. h 11. 30 ant m natus 1582 then die {sic} die . Corp of a sang cōp

[Astrological Chart]

Sr Sanders Ducōb \47. y./ natus feb 13 h 15 21. his mother dyed when he was but 4 {illeg} \7/ yeres 5 or 6 y after her death vnwares leaping leaped into a well & was like to be drownd & 2 or 3 y wth his younger brothr sliding on the Ice fell into the water but wthout harme

20 y old travelled into franc & stayed 3 quarter of a yere & retured {sic} at the Death of his fathr being 21 y

Then living on yere in England he traveled into Italy wch beng {sic} about a yere there it was his hap riding on a mule to fall backward wth his mule also

then some few yeres after became servant to k Iames & then after to k Char The miklemas before the k went in to Scotland was sick of a dangerus burning feever then vppō the death of a frind fell into a weeping passion & thenc into extrene {sic} melanc |Write on monday next|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 10, p. 9, p. 10 (p. 10 upper right, p. 9 bottom left, and p. 10 bottom right)

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CASE70625: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Sanders (PERSON58243)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1630 at 15:30

RN Mres \mary/ Saunders1 of welford hard by Cole Ashbee 24 myles henc Ap 40. y. Ap 28 h. 3. 30 p m 1630

[Astrological Chart]

she Desyreth her old dyet drinke wch I sent her. and a purg gaynst melanch.2

{s} {sic} & a playster for ther splene

Notes:

1’ in the left margin

2 ‘melanch.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 304 (upper left, bottom centre, and upper right 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?f16-shelfmark=MS%20Ashmole%20194;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment;f19-patient-age-band=040-049, accessed 20 March 2025.