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CASE64589: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) and Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311)

Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) on 14 September 1627 at 17:30

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify yt after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to Mr Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 214r (upper left part of page)

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CASE75137: Horary consultation concerning Margery James (PERSON52445)

Question asked by the patient on 21 July 1632 at 07:30

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic}{sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh wth an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

Mr freemā her mr cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 329 (upper left part of page)

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CASE63759: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Millicent [Villicent] Sanders [Temple] (PERSON58245)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1627 at 14:30

RN Mres Millecent Sainders sister to Sr Thomas Temple at Brisworth. 5 myles beyond North Hāpton 58 y Ap. 25. h. 2. 30 p m 1627

had a fall frō a horse 6 weekes a goe frō a horse by wch her hucklebone was set out of ioynt

Then it was set by Mr Hayles & cōtinued so a fortnight & then Allen of Leycestersheere in Norton put it better in being not well set & she found ease by it a fortnight & mended and about a ten days sinc she cōplayned of it yt she could not styrr Knee nor foote. /& her Knees & toes stand ever sinc outward\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hucklebone out of ioynt was set cānot styr her knee’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 78v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

[Astrological Chart]

\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE48501: Horary consultation concerning Anne Knot (PERSON32420)

Question asked by the patient and Mr Stone (PERSON35789) on 20 April 1619 at 10:45

RN Mr Stone would cut of the left foote of An knot 50 y Ap 20. h. 10 45 ant m. 1619.

she is Desyrous to have her foote cut of.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 227r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49947: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Furtho [the elder] (PERSON11997)

Question asked by the patient on 16 November 1619 at 11:30

RN Mr Furthoe 58 y novēb 16 h. 11. 30 ant m 16i9

his leg is well healed by Mr Dove & the tormt of the crāp is well driven away.

he would recoavr the vse of his mortifyed limbs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 56r (upper right part of page)

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CASE46142: Interrogation concerning Mr Dollin (PERSON29872)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 9 March 1618 at 16:20 and 10 March 1618 at 08:30

RN Mr Dolling of Exet colledg in Oxf. 16 y devon: ca{illeg}|{me}| to Mr Spicer for his counsell being very sick in his stomacke of longe {tyme} having bene in the Docters hands before almost halfe a yere & was cured by Mr Spicer in 6 or 8 weekes at the most march feb. 6. h. 9. 30 ant m 1618

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 9v (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?f2-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AMedical%20practitioners%3A%3AMedical%20practitioner;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f4-querent-age-band=050-059, accessed 29 April 2025.