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CASE12680: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Bates (PERSON9551)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1599 at 13:30

RN Ag\n/ys Bates of Waunden 44 y. for a payne in her left syde & backe & a hard belly. sept 10 die h. 1. 30. p m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 200v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12736: Horary consultation concerning Mary Hall (PERSON12494)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1599 at 08:15

RN Mary Hall of Broughton 33 sept. 25 die h. 8. 15 ant m. 1599. for her head backe belly as hard as a borde bord {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 208r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE76753: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Skevington (PERSON58859)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1633 at 14:00

RN Goody Skevington of Newnton 45 y march. 25 h 2 p

Goody Skevington of newnton 46|5| y march. 25 || h. 2 p m 1633.

back & belly hard 3 weekes |7 child youngest 5 y.|

had thē 3 weekes sinc |vtrū sit grav.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, pp. 394–395 (p. 394 bottom left, and p. 395 upper left)

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CASE57950: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Dunkly (PERSON48188)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39854) on 20 March 1624 at 10:39

RN Katherin Dunkley. of Hartwell 2 y. & a quarter could have gone about. & now it cānot goe. back & belly mutch swelled. & is stroken & cōsumeth. march 20 h {sic} hor 10 39 ant m 1624.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 115r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12679: Horary consultation concerning Harry Mourby (PERSON14298)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1599 at 11:00

RN Harry Mourby of \in/ Cosgrave field in furthoe parish. 60 yeres old. hath for this yere to cast vp the meate he always taketh his belly will swell sometimes as big as it can hold. gryped in belly & in backe. sept. 10. die h. 11. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 200r (upper right part of page)

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CASE32871: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1599 at 07:45

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. h. 7. 45 ant m 15991

[Astrological Chart]

asketh what it is yt lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the mothr & tooke her sinc her last child. wth a cold.

Notes:

1 ‘mother.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 42r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE14035: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Warren (PERSON16823)

Question asked by John Warren (PERSON16827) on 17 September 1603 at 14:25

RN Iohn Warren sent to me for his neg & his wife disease big in her belly paynd in her backe & hath her floures orderly all day & night septemb 17 hor. 2. 25. p m 1603.

watr full of motes

quærit an sit gravida.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 83r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12075: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burton (PERSON10231)

Question asked by the patient between 13 March 1599 at 14:30 and 14 March 1599 at 11:10

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back wth cold & a trembling ach in her back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13059: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth [Isabel] Buckstone (PERSON10146)

Question asked by the patient on 11 February 1600 at 11:30

RN Isbell Buckstone for her back & right arme & hoving in her bely & chest ready to stop her winde troubled wth the whites Ia|f|eb {sic} 11 die . h. 11. 30. ant m. 1600

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 267r (upper left part of page)

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CASE51919: Horary consultation concerning Martha Bynion (PERSON28641)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1621 at 09:40

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 32v (upper right part of page)

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CASE10889: Horary consultation concerning Robert Lane (PERSON13559)

Question asked by the patient on 19 June 1600 at 15:20

RN Robarte Lane 47 \37/ yeres of Northcrowly. Iune 19 die h. 3. 20. p m. 1600

boath legs swelled esp. righ \left/ leg. body. & backe. & thigh & hips belly. & navell.

blowen as it were a wind.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 115r (upper right 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%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABelly;f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 19 March 2025.