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CASE12319: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17687)

Question asked by Margaret Lawrence (PERSON13618) on 25 April 1599 between 17:30 and 18:00

RN Margaret Lawrenc 50 yeres old servant sent in yt howse never well sinc yt servante went he{illeg}|r| master did not leeke her well & therfore turned her away. suspected shee can seldome sleepe. fallen downe into her leg this Margaret sayd of her yt shee was naught wth on of her masters servant yt was marid

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

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CASE56610: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON39700)

Question asked by Anne Wentworth [Countess of Cleveland] [Lady Wentworth] (PERSON36662) on 30 June 1623 at 11:00

RN My Lady Wentwort for a new serv 36 y Iune 30 h. 11. ant m 1623. /{of} Tyddington\ a burning feaver. cānot sleepe hed troubled wth fancyes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 149r (upper left part of page)

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CASE51907: Horary consultation concerning Stephen (PERSON42276)

Question asked by the patient on 12 January 1621 at 08:50

RN Steaph Sr Fr Dūcōbe serv Ian 12. h. 8 50 ant m 1621 /cānot sleepe Desp sick cōpl of a stitch of his right syde\

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 30r (upper right part of page)

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CASE51906: Horary consultation concerning Stephen (PERSON42276)

Question asked by the patient on 8 January 1621 at 14:00

RN Steaphen Sr Franc Dūcōbes servāt 54 y. Ian 8 h. 2. p m. 1620|i| /a cruell stitch on the right syde cānot sleepe\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 30r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12643: Horary consultation concerning Joan Long (PERSON13758)

Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1599 at 06:45

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. yt shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth wth it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her wth Child but her fathr would not let him marry her./\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 194v (upper left part of page)

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CASE52033: Horary consultation concerning Rose Bates (PERSON43762)

Question asked by the patient on 15 February 1621 at 12:50

RN Rose Bates servant to Mr Allen of Goldington 25 y febr. 15 h. 12. 50 p m 162i.

ill ever sinc Chistmas by fits cōplayning of the left syde & cā take no rest day nor night.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 56v (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?f22-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f23-info=Occupation%20mentioned%3A%3AHousehold%20staff%3A%3AServants%3A%3AServant;f24-question-asked=Medical, accessed 19 April 2025.