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CASE13386: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Ambrose Rudgely (PERSON15505)

Question asked by the patient on 22 December 1597 at 13:16

RN Ambrose Rudgley 1597. 22 of decemb. die . h. 1. 16. mi he feeleth a wonderfull pricking in his head as it were wt Daggers. he hath an impostume in his head

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 90r (upper part of page)

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CASE12221: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 12:30

RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate yt scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die . h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulos. cold behind his hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11789: Horary consultation concerning Ralph French (PERSON11964) and Anne French (PERSON11967)

Question asked by Ralph French (PERSON11964) on 9 November 1598 at 11:30

RN Radolp: french. 46. s minister of Stock hamon. 9 of november. die . h. 11. 45. 30. for his reume & his wife. arising frō his belly to his chest leeke led hard & hoven in his belly full of winde |1598|

an his wife an ach & gydines in her hed.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 50r (upper left part of page)

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CASE57775: Horary consultation concerning Goody Christian Weighte [Waight] (PERSON61353)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1624 at 13:00

U[1622–4] 1624: decubuit day last. A æ. 46. Feb. 28: H. 1. p: Much troubled with wind: and ag verie much Tormented with apaine in the hinder part of her head thence it goeth downe in her stomack, which is verie weake. Christin. Wackt of Aston.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 88r (bottom left, and bottom right parts 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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CASE62615: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Sharpe (PERSON35220)

Question asked by the patient between 19 December 1626 at 16:20 and 20 December 1626 at 09:00

RN Mr Sharpe of Roaleson in Leycester sheere 46. y. the 24 of Iuly all his life tyme troubled wth obstructions & a cold raw stomack & wynd & a {g}ydynes in his head & a coldnes in the top of his head & is forced to rub his head to restoare it to senc      fyndeth good in garlick

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 255r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE12285: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 08:15

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled wth cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Warr (PERSON36499)

Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:00

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper left part of page)

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CASE67154: Horary consultation concerning Lady Dorothy Jennings [Mrs Jennings] (PERSON52513)

Question asked by the patient on 10 October 1628 at 15:00

RN I receaved a lettr hora 3 octob. 10 h 3 p m frō the lady Iennings 1628

a rising & fuming vp to her head making her to blush & suddenly gone.

desyr of a vomyt & of a dyet drink

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 284r (middle right part of page)

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CASE16025: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Brightwell (PERSON10015)

Question asked by the patient between 1 January 1604 at 19:00 and 2 January 1604 at 09:30

RN Agnys Brightwell of newport 46 y maried. i6 yeres sinc had a child. never sinc any, a cough had not had her sicknes this yere hed ill stomacke bound cānot abyde the sent of meate no sleepe.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 177r (bottom 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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f4-patient-age-band=040-049%3A%3A46;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29, accessed 4 January 2025.