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CASE63237: Decumbiture for Robert Burgess (PERSON45255)

Question asked by the patient on 16 February 1627 at 12:50

RN Rob Burges {illeg}|3|6 y I|f|eb 16 h. 12 50 p m 1627.

head ioynts & back & now speachles sinc sonday about sonset. |he sent feb 16 . h. 1. p m 1627|1

[Partial Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1speachles’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 366r (upper right part of page)

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CASE19778: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Allen (PERSON9100)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1601 at 08:00

RN An Allen of Willinge 15 y. August 12. hor 8 ant m 16011

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘cheste head & harte a sore leg’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 177v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12779: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Broughton (PERSON10088)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1599 at 14:15

RN Agnis Brouten of Wellingborowe. 23. y. amisse {illeg}|t|his 5 yeres. chest & thenc ariseth to her head & maketh her hands & head & as it were dead yt shee hath no vse & feeling & knoweth nothing. Octob. 4 die h. 2. 15. p {sic}. 1599. ariseth wth a water on her stomacke /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 214r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE16946: Horary consultation concerning Jane Walbank (PERSON16730)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1602 at 09:36

RN wheathr her Daught Iane walbancke 15. y maij 18 h. 9. 36. ant m 1602 armes shoulders blewe spots leeke scabs on her legs.1

Notes:

1 ‘back head shoulders armes.’ supralinear

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 48r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50292: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)

Question asked by the patient on 12 February 1620 at 15:20

RN Mr \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc yt mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs wth extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter yt cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE70655: Horary consultation concerning Michael Paradice (PERSON56054)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1630 at 17:45

Michael Paradice of Potterne in Wiltshire 56. y. Apr. 30. . h. 5. 45. p m. 1630

[Astrological Chart]

A Great winde runinge vp & downe sometimes betweene the Skin, sometimes in all places of the Body, sometimes in ye heade & sometimes swellinge downe into the twist & into the Codds, as yf hee were bursten, a great rumblinge & noise in the gutts, & is worst at the full of the Moone: many Phisitians haue tryed but none could doe him good ye winde is soe stronge, & prualent. hee desireth Counsell & helpe yf God bee soe pleased.

RN mich Paradyse.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 313, p. 312 (p. 313 upper left, and p. 312 bottom right)

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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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CASE51854: Horary consultation concerning Jane White (PERSON61655)

Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1620 at 11:40

RN Iane White of Groundon 34. y Decēb. 21 h. 11. 40 ant m. 1620.

head back hart armes & all othr places

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE73745: Horary consultation concerning Mary Longstaffe (PERSON53864)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1632 at 12:00

TG Mary longstaff of La{illeg}|t|hbury. affectu uterino laborans et febri stomacho, capite et membrorum doloribus.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘1632. Febr: d. 6. h. 0. 0.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 428 (upper left part of page)

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CASE12154: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Linwell (PERSON13735)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 13:30

RN Isbell Linwell servant to Thomas Buncher of Paulus Perrye 30 yeres old nor fathr nor mothr a hie colourd wate woman & sweateth hart swollen in the body & legs. & chest faynte yt shee can do no worke hed & hart beateth. 27 of March die h. 1. 30 p m. 1599. short winded hath bene amisse this 3 week {wak}heth

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11660: Horary consultation concerning William Pipkin (PERSON14968)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17603) on 30 August 1598 at 17:07

RN Will: Pipkin 6 yeres old at Miklemas payned in the back & neck & head & belly & legs quærit causā eius remediū refuseth his meate Aug 30. die h. p m. 5. 7. m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 23r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11834: Horary consultation concerning Richard Kirby (PERSON13331)

Question asked by Mr Yarrow (PERSON17449) on 1 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s patre \{servus} Domino/ cū eu {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart wth a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but wth this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. Mr yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die h. 10. 15. 15981

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed hart. bellye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 59r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE10568: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Perry (PERSON14867) and Margery Buncher (PERSON10167)

Question asked by Elizabeth Perry (PERSON14867) and Margery Buncher (PERSON10167) on 14 May 1600 at 09:45

RN Elisabeth Perry of Paul Perry 38: maried 6 y. maij 14 die h. 9. 3|4|5 ant m. 1600 head back never had child

Margary Buncher 46 of Paulus Perry maij 14 die h. 9. 45 ant m 1600 left syde & hyp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 68v (upper left part of page)

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CASE72492: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Quatermeane (PERSON57222)

Question asked by the patient on 6 July 1631 at 17:20

RN Mr Th. Quatermā of StoakeTalmage 33 y Iuly 6. h. 5. 20 p m. 1631. he sent here to fore 3 tyms for a swelling in his right arme & right foot as if it would teare him in peeces /head well & stomack\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 16 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45

RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE10306: Horary consultation concerning Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406)

Question asked by Em Radwell (PERSON15415) and Mary Chamberlain (PERSON10406) on 11 April 1600 at 08:50

RN Em Rodwell of Kempson 15 y. Ap 11 die h. 8. 50. ant m. 1600

pricked & vexed all over her bodye in her body left syde & thigh.

cannot turne her in her bede

Mary Chamberlin of Kempson 17. or 18 y. Apr 11 die h. 8. 50 ant m. troubled wth a swounding twce {sic} a weeke. head. chest.

seemeth to be in love

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 35r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11778: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Houghton (PERSON12905)

Question asked by the patient on 6 November 1598 at 12:30

RN Thomas Whooton of haversham about 22. vnmaried. sick this yere. quærit remediū. novemb 6. die . h. 12. 30. he hath had a swelling in his right side broken out in his wrest & body filthy water. heavy vncōfortable his hed gyddy & light his sight bad

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 47v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12774: Horary consultation concerning Alice Kent (PERSON13323)

Question asked by the patient on 3 October 1599 at 15:00

RN Alce Kent of Walton. 22. in her legs hart & head. Octob. 3. die h. 3. p m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 213v (upper left part of page)

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CASE56402: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Question asked by the patient on 27 May 1623 at 11:00

RN The Lady Hart{illeg}|op| of Burton Lazer 42 y May 27 h. 11. ant m. 1623 /continuall torments about her belly & head arms\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 116r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE38122: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Hudson (PERSON31925)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37526) on 13 May 1611 at 10:15

RN Mr Hudsons man for his master tooke a fall at Tiddington frō a house & fell downe. may 13 h. 10. 15 ant m 1611 & he felt on his hed belly swelleth & legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 97r (bottom 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 2 December 2024.