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CASE27886: Horary consultation concerning John Howe (PERSON19966)

Question asked by the patient on 2 August 1606 at 07:00

RN Iohn How of our town brothr in lawe to goody Greene 63 y Iuly Aug 2. h {sic} hor 7. ant m. 1606.

hoven in his bodye

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 233v (upper right part of page)

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CASE68110: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Sanderson (PERSON58256)

Question asked by the patient on 7 April 1629 at 16:45

RN Mres Margaret Sanderson 22 y Apr. 7 h. 4 45 p m 1629

vtrū sit gravida thought that she had bene quick a month agoe according to her the alteration of her body wch she hath found these 5 months body very big & is Doubtfull wheathr she be wth child hath bene & is very healthfull would take physick if not wth child

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 126r (upper right part of page)

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CASE58958: Horary consultation concerning Robert Favell (PERSON48790)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39961) on 20 August 1624 at 11:45

RN Rob favell very weak g{athes} no strenght. & goeth crosse legs other wise not & his legs & body pyne Aug 1|2|0 h. 11 45 ant m 1624

3 y ch{rim}{illeg}|{s}| {sic} Christmas the sonday senet before Christmas h. 12. 30 in ye morning very early

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 46r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11618: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 11 August 1598 at 18:30

RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 13v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE71275: Horary consultation concerning Joan Davis (PERSON47621)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1631 at 11:00

RN Ioane Davys of Marson 31. y. Ian 22. h {sic}. hor 11. ant m. 1631.

back full of payne & her body poore & pale

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 76 (upper left part of page)

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CASE39745: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Booker (PERSON22162)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1612 at 10:25

RN Susan Bouker of Slippen 26 y. mayed {sic} Ap 25 h {sic} hor. 10. 15 \25./ ant m. 1612. troubled {illeg}|a|bout her body. wth a gnawing & a spice of the mother./ /a myred {sic} womā\ /nescit an sit gravida\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 73r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE44741: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Heath (PERSON31566)

Question asked by the patient on 21 April 1617 at 13:50

RN Mres Heath of Grafton Pearke 45 y Ap. 21 h. 1. 50 p m 1617 a weaknes in her back & body consumption feared.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 132v (upper right part of page)

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CASE18765: Horary consultation concerning Francis Woodmancy (PERSON17354)

Question asked by the patient on 6 January 1601 at 12:26

RN Frauncis Woodmacy of Olny 38 Ian. 6 die hor. 12. 26. p m. 1600 {sic} burnt p. legs & body et swelled

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 3v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE11841: Horary consultation concerning John Phillips (PERSON14892)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 09:15

RN Iohn Phylip sick ever sinc thursday being the 30 of Decēb \novemb/ sent to me agayne the 4 of Decemb sick very greevously in his hart & body he is swelled in his body from the belly vnto his hart. he is Costive & so hath cōtinued ever sinc thursday last & is very exceeding ill & weeke. Decēber. 4. \die ./ h: 9. 15. ant m. 1598 his hart \is good/ & his tonge talketh cheerf but his body swelled.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12287: Horary consultation concerning John Trueman (PERSON16582)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 09:30

RN Iohn Trueman of Willing i9 come lāmas. hath a swellinge in his legs fallen downe lately wthin this sennet his \belly & body/ was before swollen. he hath taken phisick this 4 yeres. & hath taken Drink of many & of Mr Glover of Northampton. Drinkes losing him yt hath had taken a diet losing Drinke for 3 days fasting & had 2 cakes & hath in a day. his excrement looke white & his face & eyes all yellowe but a fully faced youthe. 24 of Apr. die h. 9. 30 p m {sic}. 1599. cathed it wth a wet & cold. faynt & feeble.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135v (upper left part of page)

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CASE21840: Horary consultation concerning Goody Hobs (PERSON12812)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1604 at 10:20

RN Goody Hobs of Gothurst 60|3| y. Decēb 27. hor. 10 20 ant m 1604.

every where swelled in her lyms armes. legs bodye very shortwyded.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 202r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12476: Horary consultation concerning Richard Austin (PERSON9320)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1599 at 10:30

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Rich: Austen for a paine in his chest & stomacke & hart & a weaknes in his backe & bodye & shortwinded come when he laboureth as it were wth a swelling i7 of may. die h. 10. 30 Mr Anthony Greeneway of lechamsteede 1599. |a driver in his howse./|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper right part of page)

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CASE13037: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550) and Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)

Question asked by Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550), Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203) on 2 February 1600 at 12:00

RN Katheron Ocklie of Turvie 60 y. payned in her legs & bodye wch are mightely swollen & a payne in her cheste wth a cold. Doth spit blood also feb. 2 die . h. 12. Thomas Burges \of Astwood/ 50 yeres for a great cough & payne in the chest very short winded. 16001

[Astrological Chart]

the womans watr is very red & thick Mary Burges troubled about the hart wth a coughinge her watr hath black melancholy humour. her husb & ss troubled wth a cough.

Notes:

1 ‘a coughe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE14754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1603 at 10:06

GJ Mr Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water wth a letter April. 6. ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled wth a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for wch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12318: Horary consultation concerning Mary Nubie (PERSON14536)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 17:30

RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double vndr her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can earte {sic} had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled wth a great cough at night.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12053: Horary consultation concerning Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)

Question asked by Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662) on 12 March 1599 at 08:56

RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98v (upper right part of page)

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CASE66496: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)

Question asked by Tyrlington (PERSON60670) on 3 July 1628 at 18:00

RN My Cosen Tyrlington sent me 12 rings cost 18s 6d Iuly 3 h. 6. p. m. 1628

sayth his wife is inwardly very hot, but cold outwardly faynt weake wasteth in her body weak in her back feareth yt shd shall not live longe & hopeth to see me/

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 95r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50354: Horary consultation concerning Marmaduke Patsey (PERSON34099)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1620 at 16:12

RW Marmaduke Patsey of okeley \Fosket/ y. 30. d. h: 4. 12. p: m: Martij. 10. 1620. did voyde the last night very neere a quarte of bloud: hath a very great & deepe coughe & hath had it a quarter of on yeare. much wasted in his bodie

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12234: Horary consultation concerning John Windmill (PERSON17222)

Question asked by Windmill (PERSON17233) on 10 April 1599 at 07:00

RN Iohn Windmill of Yardly Gubbin a twelmoneth old & as mutch as candelmas the sunday after candlemas. came & brought her Child yt was payned in the body & had divers fi strange fits. but before it tooke it had a fit of an ague before it. not v this beating & panting began on friday night wth a quivering & shakings of the belly & armes Apr. 10. die h. 7. ant m. 1599 goeth had|r|d to grounde cryeth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 125r (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?f19-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ATorso;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f22-treatment=No, accessed 10 February 2025.