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CASE17541: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Holman (PERSON12864)

Question asked by the patient on 20 July 1602 at 11:00

RN Goody Holman of lit fæny straford 36 y. Iuly 20 hor. 11. ant m. 1602.

for a very piteous cancrous breast.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 144r (upper right part of page)

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CASE38714: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37602)

Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1611 at 16:00

RN The bakers wife of Olny for a canker in her brest. Sept 15 h. 4. m {sic} 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 166v (upper left part of page)

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CASE64631: Horary consultation concerning Old Mrs Lucy Duncombe (PERSON19517)

Question asked by the patient on 22 September 1627 at 13:00

RN old Mres Duncōbe \of great Brickhill/ Sept. 22 h {sic} hor. 1. p m. 16271

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a canker in her beast’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 221r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE28367: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rawlins (PERSON20589)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21460) on 11 March 1605 at 18:00

GJ 1605 Martij 11 ho 6. p {m} Quæritr Rawlins de Linford magna ætate 50 vt curabilis sit cancer in mamm|ill|a sinistra nec ne

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 2v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE70164: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Collins (PERSON46588)

Question asked by the patient on 7 March 1630 at 09:00

RN Goody Collyns of Bragnā 40 y a mayed {sic} womā march. 7 h 9. ant m 1629 {sic}

hath a Canker in her breast a long tyms & her Surg say it is vncurable

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 141 (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?f28-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABreasts;f29-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALesions%20and%20abscesses%3A%3ACanker, accessed 19 March 2025.