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CASE12812: Horary consultation concerning Joan Whitton (PERSON17122)

Question asked by the patient on 15 October 1599 between 11:00 and 13:15

RN Ione Whitton of yardly 50 yeres. for an old payne in her head & chest a cold chilling Octob.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 219v (middle left part of page)

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CASE28861: Horary consultation concerning Goody Cowly (PERSON19397)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1605 at 07:00

RN Goody Cowly of our towne same tyme.

Goody Cowly a deadly payne in the hynder te of her head yt shee cānot rest for it rūneth into her backe. & chill & cold. chest hard gyrded. Apr 2|3|0 y {sic} {illeg} Apr. h. 7. ant m 1605.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 73r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE73635: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46293)

Question asked by the patient on 16 January 1632 between 11:25 and 13:30

TG Mary Clark of this towne 18 ye: Complaineth of her head nunquam habuit cursus menstrues troubled with a great cold and obstruction in her brest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 394 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE18223: Horary consultation concerning Susan Rose (PERSON15471)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18329) on 13 November 1602 at 15:35

RN Ro Susan Roses of Cosgrave 7 y novēb 13 h {sic} hor. 3. 35 p m 1602 headach chest cold & chill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 242v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12345: Horary consultation concerning John Scriven (PERSON15668)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1599 at 10:00

RN Iohn Scriven of Hanslop. 46. a maried man had|th| a disease yt holdeth him as an ague. & mutch Disquiteth him in his belly chest & head. very faynt & feeble & Did sweate mutch could not tary vp frō his bed a great griping in his belly Ap. 28 die h. 10. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 144r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12301: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bourton (PERSON9905)

Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 08:30

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but yt god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall wth it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die . h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day yt maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porrengr of clompered bloode/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (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?f26-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AChest;f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AFevers%2C%20chills%20and%20sweating;f29-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck, accessed 6 April 2025.