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CASE51856: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39177)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39176) on 21 December 1620 at 15:00

RN on of Woulverton for his Daughter 17 y Decēb 21. h. 3. p m 1620 a stitch on her syde fallen downe on her legs yt she cānot goe. swelled & sore

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 21r (upper right part of page)

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CASE28829: Horary consultation concerning Edward Wale (PERSON21063)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21502) on 26 April 1605 at 11:25

RN Edward Wale of Kempson 14 y. Apr. 26 h. 11. 25 ant m 1605 in prsence lame in his right leg & swelled yt he cānot goe nor stande.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 67v (upper left part of page)

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CASE27299: Horary consultation concerning Edward Morrish (PERSON14269)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1606 at 10:25

RN Edward Morrish of Kempson. 35 y may 20. h. 10. 25. ant m. 1606.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lame & cānot goe. / legs swelled & sore.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 131v (upper left part of page)

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CASE17779: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Creake (PERSON11044)

Question asked by the patient on 23 August 1602 at 16:00

RN Dorothy Creake of Hardmead 20 y. August 23. hor. 4. p m. 1602

head beateth armes legs cānot goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 182v (upper right part of page)

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CASE33137: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Audrey More [Old Mrs More] (PERSON20341)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1608 at 10:45

RN Mres Mores of Cublington churched a moneth sinc march 28 h. 10. 45 ant m. 1608. |a greene womā.| cānot vse her legs./ & belly swelled harde. & cānot goe1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘#’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 80v (upper left part of page)

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CASE51572: Horary consultation concerning Em Barniam (PERSON43612)

Question asked by the patient on 19 September 1620 at 16:15

RN {C} {sic} Em Barneiā of Newp. mayed {sic} sinc Weddensday last. & yt night sprayned her leg yt she cā not goe sept: 19. h. 4. 15 p m. 1620

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 179v (upper left part of page)

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CASE55909: Horary consultation concerning Goody Geraldine Ward (PERSON61108)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1623 at 11:20

RN Goody Ward of 38 y of Clappā March. 31. h. 11. 20 ant m 1623.

brought a bed a month sinc & lyeth always on her bed & is so swelled in her legs yt she can neyther stand nor goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 41r (upper right 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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CASE75654: Horary consultation concerning Alice Travell (PERSON60421)

Question asked by the patient on 9 October 1632 at 16:00

RN Alce Travell of Hanslop 24 y octob. 9. h. 4 p m 1632

maryed about Christmas swelled sinc satt \face head &/ belly & legs & lower t all over sinc satterday last quick 7 weekes cānot stand nor goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 62 (upper left part of page)

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CASE58675: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45054)

Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1624 at 09:20

RN {Ia}ne Browne of Adington {2}9. y christ Iuly \Iune Iuly/ 20. 1595. sent to me Iuly Iune 30 h. 9. 20 ant m 1624 /neaver had child.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Iane Browne of Adin{gton} 29. y. Iune 30 h 19. 20 a{nt} m. 1624. paraliticall tormented wth heate & a burning payne in her belly & shooting into her legs & belly hath no vse of her lims cā not stand nor goe /sweateth mutch.\

Notes:

1 ‘lame miserablely tormēted wth raging payns & convuls in her legs day & night’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 3r (upper left, 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?f18-info=Astrological%20chart%3A%3APresent;f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3ACannot%20walk;f23-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs, accessed 3 April 2025.