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CASE43927: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth West (PERSON36673)

Question asked by the patient on 21 September 1616 at 10:20

RN Elis West of Hyēsfe\r/yes 40 y sept 21. h {sic} hor 10 20 ant m 16i6

worst sinc sonday last taken wth a dead palsy on the left syde & hath no vse of yt syde1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 181v (upper right part of page)

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CASE51039: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Banks [Cowly] (PERSON18967)

Question asked by the patient on 12 June 1620 at 16:00

RN Elis Cowly of Hanslop. 48 y Iune 12. h. 4. p m 1620 taken on {Sa}tt last betwixt 9 & 10 at night.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy. leaft syde’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 72r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE68017: Horary consultation concerning Mr Maximilian Emmelye (PERSON48557)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1629 at 13:30

RN Mr Emmylies father for a palsy in his tonge March 27 h. 1. 30 p m. 1629

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 109r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE68021: Horary consultation concerning Mr Maximilian Emmelye (PERSON48557)

Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1629 at 11:00

RN Mr Emmylie the father 44 y march of Helmdon march. 28 hor. 11. ant m. 1629 |for his palsy vnder the tongue|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 110r (upper left part of page)

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CASE73123: Horary consultation concerning Joan Bosworth (PERSON44518)

Question asked by Bosworth (PERSON44513) on 5 October 1631 at 12:00

RN Ioane Bosworth stroken wth a dead palsy Last Moday {sic} about seaven in the morning but on her brothr came for her octob 5 h. 12 1631 |47 y| |Dead palsy.| /on syde benūmed\

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 208 (middle left part of page)

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CASE17891: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Bird (PERSON9741)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1602 at 07:00

RN Mr Byrde sent vnto me to vse my bookes wheathr his Disease be not a palsye Sept 11. hor. 7. ant m. 1602. all in his lys

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 197r (upper right part of page)

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CASE39222: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Ryall (PERSON20681)

Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1612 at 10:00

RN Mres Riall of snam 42 y feb 19 h. 9 30 10. ant m 1612.      paralis. ling et dextri lateris

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 1r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76158: Horary consultation concerning Joan Lane [Young Goody Lane] (PERSON32523)

Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1632 at 10:00

RN Goody Lane of this towne 45 y Decēb 18 \18/ h . 10 ant m 1632. a palsye back syde & hart

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 220 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)

Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. sep a ap yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE63318: Horary consultation concerning Mary Vosterly (PERSON60870)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1627 at 09:39

RN Mary Vosterly of old Stratford 40 y febr 27 h. 9. 39. ant m 1627 |arme neck & Left arme no vse.|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘dead palsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 9r (upper right part of page)

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CASE16718: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Pots (PERSON15001)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1602 at 13:50

RN Mres Elisabeth Pots 40. of Charlegrave Martij 26. hor 1. 45. 50. p {sic}1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a dead palsye & wynd cholicke gydy head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 15v, f. 16r (f. 15v upper left, and f. 16r upper right)

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;f5-patient-age-band=040-049;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed%3A%3APalsy, accessed 25 January 2025.