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CASE12195: Horary consultation concerning Amy Hoding (PERSON12829)

Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 14:15

RN Amy Hoding of Addington 18 yeres of age. never had her couse {sic}. lyeth in her hed & chest & soppeth {sic} her eares. swollen in her feete & morning in her face & & eys & avoydeth bloode vpward d|A|pr. die h. 2. 15. m p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119v (upper right, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE50292: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)

Question asked by the patient on 12 February 1620 at 15:20

RN Mr \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc yt mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs wth extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter yt cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12724: Horary consultation concerning John Tiso (PERSON16452)

Question asked by the patient on 20 September 1599 at 11:45

RN Iohn Tisam Tiso. \of Kempsō./ almost 60 y. troubled wth a great his payne s {sic} in his head wth a shooting: & a swelling in his legs & nose wth an it|n|tollerab: shooting & a horrib. deadly payne in his teethe. septemb. 20. die  {sic}. 11. 45. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 207r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)

Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 17:28

RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach yt & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}t

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 21r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1603 at 09:45

RN Soror mea maria Sandy Londinensis 26 y. quærit causā cur intr scapulus doleat et cur torpeant facies et manus Apr. 19 hor 9. 45. ant m 1603 wch about that tyme was gone about 14 or 15 weekes wth child.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘gravida’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 20v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11953: Horary consultation concerning Richard Burton (PERSON10226)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1599 at 13:15

RN Rich. Burten of Olny payned in his hed & {sic} but specially in his armes wth a pricking 20 feb. die h. 1. 15. 1598|9|. armes & neck & shoulders best in faire weathr {sic}.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 80r (upper right part of page)

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CASE37610: Horary consultation concerning Walter Cheese (PERSON28872)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37483) on 25 February 1611 at 16:15

RN Water Cheese of Stony stratford borne the last night being about betwixt 5 & six 20 weekes sinc. her disease & first fit tooke it feb 21 h 4. p m 1611. it did shake wth the hands & wryteth {sic} ye mouth & hed & clutcheth the hands & grypeth. & falleth. the first daye 2 fits. yesterday & this day may {sic} fits.

water good.

{sen}|{wro}|te to me febr. 25 h. 4. 15. p m 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 23v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18941: Horary consultation concerning Joan Coast (PERSON10682) and Alice Wheeler (PERSON17014)

Question asked by Joan Coast (PERSON10682) and Alice Wheeler (PERSON17014) on 21 February 1601 at 13:00

RN Ione Coast of Marsten 8 75. y feb. 21. die hor. 1: p m. 1601 payned in her hed & eyes ca scarse see.

Alce Wheeler of Cranfild 23. y. d|f|eb. 21. die hor. 1. p. m. 1601 in her armes & legs cannot styrre. backe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 38r (upper left part of page)

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CASE14079: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Barber (PERSON9438)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1603 at 09:15

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whit of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

[Astrological Chart]

Mres An Barber sept 28 hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled wth her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aftr hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calf of her legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, ff. 89v-90r (f. 89v upper right, and f. 90r upper left)

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CASE11929: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Kniveton (PERSON13402)

Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 09:15

RN Mathew Knigh|ft|en of Lowton 53. y. sick this satterd. last 3 weekes. a red water & full of rags.

Mr Knifton of Lowton 55 yeres old sick this 3 weekes {illeg} sunday last first in his stomack wth an extreeme cold wc tooke a way his stomack ache in the head neck & legs sweateth divrse times & after troubled wth an itch as exceeded greatly onc in two or 3 days to grounde. nevr vomiteth. the 3 of Ian. die h. 9. 15. 1598. {sic} 1599. bad head greefe taken {in} lawe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 76r-v (f. 76r bottom right, and f. 76v upper left)

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CASE50337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Warr (PERSON36499)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:00

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53819: Horary consultation concerning Anne Brise (PERSON28394)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39396) on 6 April 1622 at 15:39

RN An Brice of newp 6 y Ap 6 h {sic} hor {illeg}|3|. 39. ant m. 1622. 3 yeres ill knobs about her necke & foote swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 42r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 h 6 p m 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45

RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14308: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Boddington (PERSON9841)

Question asked by Goodman Edward Boddington (PERSON9834) on 14 December 1603 at 11:50

RN Edward Bodington of Cole brayfild decēb 14 hor. 11. 50 ant m 1603.

hath buried on a daughtr yesterday. a sone a fortnight sinc & anothr Daughtr a moneth since

now his wife is not very well & light in her hed & an ache in her thighe also he hath a sōne of xx y & a \younge/ womā. yt was not well mended being let blood.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 121v (upper left part of page)

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CASE19593: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Robinson [Sandy] [Napier] (PERSON6319)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1601 at 09:45

RN soror mea Maria Sandye Londinensis petit morbi causa catarrhe et capite frigido et iuncturis Maij 18 hor 9. 45 ant m 1600|i|. 160i {sic}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 147r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12390: Horary consultation concerning Goody Susan Simons (PERSON15816)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 15:22

RN Susan Simons of Brodwell 40 yeres old. hath bene mightely troubled wth a iandish an itch a paine in her hed. & a swelling in her left leg yt itcheth wounderfully. maij 5 die . h. 3. 22. mi. p m. 1599. not well this 7 yeares. sinc shee had a iaundish. very drie.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 152r (upper left part of page)

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CASE37917: Decumbiture for Anne Robbins (PERSON34807)

Question asked by Robbins (PERSON34799) on 24 April 1611 at 15:30

RN on weddensday 3 weekes before miklemas betwixt 8 & 9 in the forenoone sodenly taken in her mouth & face & in her lymms & so cōtinued a weeke & did neyther eate nor drinke

It will say I or no & call her brothr Tom. Sept. 5 h. 8. 30 ant m. 1610.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘at this tyme stroken lame.’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 68v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11831: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Moulsoe (PERSON14295)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 12:00

RN Alce Moulso \of Gothurste/ 54 yeres old complayneth of hedache & feareth the feeling of sight & hath a great Dymnes of sight. & the ache of her lims. Novemb. 30. die . h. 12. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58v (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?f17-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f18-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 29 December 2024.