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CASE42553: Horary consultation concerning Martin Surman (PERSON35855)

Question asked by Surman (PERSON35854) on 16 October 1615 at 10:45

RN martyn Syrmā serv to Sr {W} {sic} Iohn Temple octob. 16. h. 10. 45. ant m. 16i5.

his fathr would know wheathr he had not a Dropsy. or noe. his fathr feareth he will not be cured. & thinketh it best to have him to shift the ayer. or to travell beyond the sea./

vid Octob. 6.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 196, f. 130r (upper left part of page)

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CASE56384: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39672)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1623 at 16:30

RN Sr Th Comptons Cooke for his Dropsy legs May 24 h {sic} h. 4 30 p m

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 113v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE78415: Horary consultation concerning Mr Francis Catesby [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON22432)

Question asked by the patient on 8 June 1633

RN Mr Catesbee of Hardmead Iustice of peace 55 y. for an extreme thirst hath the diabetica passio pisseth often & abundantly Dropsy & cōsūption feard Iune 8. 1633

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 517 (upper part of page)

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CASE32674: Horary consultation concerning Nicholas Huckwell (PERSON19968)

Question asked by the patient on 1 December 1606 at 09:38

RN Nicholas Huckwell in Westmystr of london 40 y in the round Wolle stable Decēb. 1. h. 9. 38 ant m 16061

Notes:

1 ‘a dropsy & a Iandes’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 9v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE40495: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSONGRP56)

Question asked by Dr Shephard (PERSON35256) on 20 October 1612 at 11:40

GJ 1612 Octob: 20 ho. 11. 40 a. m. Qu: Dr Shepperd de patientibus vt recuperab: hydropicus {mile}{s} et apoplecticus

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 186r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE43173: Horary consultation concerning Edward Gardner (PERSON30757)

Question asked by the patient on 12 April 1616 at 08:00

RN Edward Gardiner serv to my lord Dormer 60 y Ap. 12 h. 1|8|. ant m. 16i6 |a dropsy scurvy belly huge & big.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 56r (upper left part of page)

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CASE18922: Horary consultation concerning Francis Matthews (PERSON14066)

Question asked by the patient on 17 February 1601 at 14:30

RN Fraincis Mathew mr Newtons curate of Stoe 41 y. feb. 17 die hor 2. 30 p m. 160i. hath the dropsye.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 34v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE48370: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Nichols (PERSON33643)

Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1619 at 15:30

RN Mr Nichols syr {wi}{ll} And mā fearth a Dropsy || march h {sic} hor 3 30 p m 161{9}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 197v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE53765: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Wilson (PERSON36912)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Wyn [Old Mr Wyn] (PERSON37135) on 26 March 1622 at 11:20

RN Mr Wyne for his sonne in lawe Mr Wylson. 32 y march. 26 h. 11. 20 ant m. 1622. /a Dropsy & a cōsūption feared, is mutch pyned & wasted in his legs & nowe cānot eat\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 33v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE42981: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Dales (PERSON29621)

Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1616 at 11:30

RN Thomas Dale of Alesbury a farrier 41 y march 11. h. 11. 2|3|0 ant m 16i6 /a fear of a dropsye./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 21v (upper left part of page)

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CASE20278: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Barton (PERSON9527)

Question asked by the patient on 22 January 1602 at 08:30

RN Williā Barton of Newporte a husb. man. 31 y. Ian. 22 hor. 8. 30. ant m. 16021

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Dropsy’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 271v (upper left part of page)

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CASE37224: Horary consultation concerning Andrew Osborn (PERSON24719)

Question asked by the patient on 27 November 1609 at 07:54

RN Andrew Osburne of london a silke mā a batcheler 28 y novēb. 29. 27. h. 7. 54. ant m. 1609 |extreme sick swelled face belly likely to dye of a|1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Dropsye./’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 329, f. 4r (upper part of page)

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CASE56327: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39672)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1623 at 18:00

RN Sr Thomas Comptons Cook may 15 {illeg}|| h. 6 p m 1623

swelled in his legs & body a Dropsy

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 104v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die  {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (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?f21-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllnesses%20%28named%29%3A%3ADropsy;f22-info=Occupation%20mentioned;f23-question-asked=Medical, accessed 21 March 2025.