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CASE77187: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Austin (PERSON43115)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1633 at 17:00

RN Samuel Austen of Weston in Warrick sheere. 22 y may 6 h 5. p m 1633

lame ever & swelled on boath sides face should & hed mēbers & legs 9 weekes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 104 (middle left part of page)

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CASE63230: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Duncombe (PERSON48175)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1627 at 14:00

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 365r (upper left part of page)

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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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CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was blasted in a garden.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE50951: Horary consultation concerning Young Mrs Jane Berry (PERSON28009)

Question asked by the patient on 30 May 1620 at 09:00

RN old \yonge/ Mres \Iane/ B{illeg}|er|ry {sic} \Berry/ of of Cranfild {sic} \of Raunson/ m 22 y vnmayed {sic}. May 30 h. 9 ant m 1620 had a fall a yere sinc frō a horse ill by fits. head & lims & somewhat lame.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 55r (upper right part of page)

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CASE18254: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Farren (PERSON11675)

Question asked by the patient on 20 November 1602 at 11:45

RN Alce farnell \farren/ of filgrave 34 y. novēb. 20. hor. 11. 45 p ant m. 1602.

for red spots in her hands head & about her knees.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 247r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12316: Horary consultation concerning Anne Turner (PERSON16588)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 16:30

RN An Turner of Newport servant to Goodmā Commendale troubled wth a swelling at her Chest. & in her hed. this two or 3 days. hath not the vse of her armes. 28. y. at miklemas Ap 25. die h. 4. 30. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE15006: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18015)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18014) on 25 May 1603 at 13:30

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fitt of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and legg

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 75r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE10600: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Lyne (PERSON13848)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1600 between 12:30 and 16:00

RN Will: Line of lowten 3|4|1. y. maij 17 die . came to me for his head shoulder bone & spitteth bloode.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 72r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE10926: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Collins (PERSON10769)

Question asked by the patient on 23 June 1600 at 07:45

RN Margaret Collings 50 y. a sickly woman Iune 22|3| die h. 7. 45. ant m. 1600 lay in her head & nowe gone into her thighes / wonderfully hote.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 121r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE15201: Horary consultation concerning Goody Markham (PERSON13956)

Question asked by the patient on 22 June 1603 at 18:15

RN At the same tyme Goody Markum of our towne sente to mee for physick for her hed & lyms

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 93r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE38882: Horary consultation concerning Goodman John Milborne (PERSON14153)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1611 at 15:20

RN Iohn Milburne of Stony stratford 40 y novēb. 13 h. 3. 20 p m 1611. hed should new ague

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 191r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11831: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Alice Moulsoe (PERSON14295)

Question asked by the patient on 30 November 1598 at 12:00

RN Alce Moulso \of Gothurste/ 54 yeres old complayneth of hedache & feareth the feeling of sight & hath a great Dymnes of sight. & the ache of her lims. Novemb. 30. die . h. 12. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 58v (upper left part of page)

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CASE68420: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Walcot (PERSON60949)

Question asked by the patient on 11 May 1629 at 09:30

Agnis Wallcott of Bicester 40. y. May. 11. . h. 9. 2|3|0. ant. m. 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘pained in ye head, & leggs swolne’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 190v (upper 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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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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CASE74565: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 13:00

RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled wth a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 h. 1. p m 1632

desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom left 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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CASE16979: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Stap (PERSON16130)

Question asked by the patient on 22 May 1602 at 07:45

RN Elisabeth Step of Dunsanger 17 y. {m} {sic} hor. 7. 45. ant m. 1602. vseth lightly every moneth to breake out wth a white scab over face head armes feete & eares. Maij 22 .

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 54r (upper left part of page)

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CASE69927: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON41064)

Question asked by the patient on 7 January 1630 at 11:30

RN A poer bagger womā cōpl of prickings shootings in head & legs almost 2 y caused by an ill body yt she susp Ian 7 h. 11. 30 ant m 1630

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 48 (middle 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?f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints;f6-question-asked=Medical, accessed 15 March 2025.