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CASE48601: Nativity for Mrs Frances Digby (PERSON29826)

Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 no earlier than 16:40

RN Mres francis Digbye Sr Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēbr. before 7 in ye morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|

mutch troubled wth melanch pass apt to weep wthout any iust case.

nata Octob 29 h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in ye stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. wth a |continuall| payne at her hart at yt tyme of all on her left syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 347v (upper left part of page)

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CASE77550: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Feard (PERSON48805)

Question asked by the patient on 11 June 1633 at 13:00

RN Elis Feard of Havrshā 30 y Iune. 11 h. 1. p m 1633 |lame 12 y cōpl of her chest|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 218 (middle left part of page)

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CASE35301: Horary consultation concerning Susan (PERSON21746)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1609 at 09:00

RN Susan sistr to my Cosen Warren |the lame on her right syde yt she cānot goe. long sicke of an ague. red| 30 y. feb. 27. . h. 9. ant m 16091

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘long sicke’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 338, f. 148v (upper part of page)

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CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)

Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15

RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thigh as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE12908: Horary consultation concerning Joan Newell (PERSON14375)

Question asked by the patient on 20 December 1599 at 11:30

RN Ione Newall. \30 yeres old./ of Kempson for a lam\e/nes in her loynes |on of| her legs shrinke shorter then thothr. her sinewes shrunke. Decēber. 20 die h. 11. 30.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 241r (upper left part of page)

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CASE15996: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Taylor (PERSON16354)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1603 at 12:40

RN Elisabeth Tealer of Hartwell. 30 y a meaden Decēb. 27 h. 12. 40. an|p| m 1603. lame in her thighe right syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 173r (upper left part of page)

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CASE62491: Horary consultation concerning Grace Ridge (PERSON57623)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1626 at 09:00

RN Grace Ridg of Elstoe 30. y. may 30 h. 9. ant m 1626 sinc Easter lame in her armes back & legs right syde full of ach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 229r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE73223: Horary consultation concerning Mr Kent (PERSON52787)

Question asked by Mrs White (PERSON61617) on 21 October 1631 at 12:00

RN Mres white of London 30. y. h 12. 1631 / soc{illeg}|r|{sic} socro mr Kent yt hath a dead palsye cānot speake to bed vnderstood\ |a bad stomack Costive onc in 5 days.| |stomack.|

[Astrological Chart]

loynes & stitch stone

vtrū socrus paralytic sit moriturus. sine consensu

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 243 (upper right part of page)

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CASE76844: Horary consultation concerning Judith Hix (PERSON51624)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1633 at 10:00

RN Iudith Hix of Woodstocke ma\r/yed 31 y the fryday before the lady Day Ap 4 h. 9. 20 \10/ ant m 1633 /a trēbling in her belly\ /an extreme griping in her belly\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 1 (upper left part of page)

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CASE57937: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)

Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 18 March 1624 at 17:30

RN Mr Latch the Lady Iennings husb. march 18 h 5. 30 p m 1624 the child held wth the dead palsye hath litle or no motion or doth move the arme or leg of the syde affected yet better god be thancked then before

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 113r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14232: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Swelpson (PERSON16293)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1603 at 14:25

RN Dorothy Swopsen of Chichely 30 y novēb 26 h {sic} hor 2. 25 p m 1603. left syde stitches. & armes shoulder lame.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 111v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE32754: Horary consultation concerning William Armfield (PERSON9225)

Question asked by the patient on 10 February 1608 at 09:05

GJ Williā Armefield of Lathbury 30 y. feb. 10. ho. 9. 5. a m. 1608 Amisse this sevenight hold him in his chest and head. coughes his flesh trembles.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 24v (upper right part of page)

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CASE13099: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Alice Goodman (PERSON12253)

Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1600 at 14:00

RN Alce Ashby Goodman of Woufton of {the} Greene about a 30 y. maried this 12 yeres. her iongest almost 3 y old. sca{illeg} feb. 19 die  {sic}. 2. p m. 1600. a trembling & quaking & all about her body cōsumeth & pineth faynt & feeble

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, ff. 272v-273r (f. 272v bottom right, f. 272v bottom left, and f. 273r upper left)

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%3ATorso;f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f20-querent-age-band=030-039%3A%3A30, accessed 12 February 2025.