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CASE76753: Horary consultation concerning Goody Alice Skevington (PERSON58859)

Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1633 at 14:00

RN Goody Skevington of Newnton 45 y march. 25 h 2 p

Goody Skevington of newnton 46|5| y march. 25 || h. 2 p m 1633.

back & belly hard 3 weekes |7 child youngest 5 y.|

had thē 3 weekes sinc |vtrū sit grav.|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, pp. 394–395 (p. 394 bottom left, and p. 395 upper left)

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CASE32871: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Agnes Walthorne (PERSON16797)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1599 at 07:45

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. h. 7. 45 ant m 15991

[Astrological Chart]

asketh what it is yt lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the mothr & tooke her sinc her last child. wth a cold.

Notes:

1 ‘mother.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 42r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12680: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Bates (PERSON9551)

Question asked by the patient on 10 September 1599 at 13:30

RN Ag\n/ys Bates of Waunden 44 y. for a payne in her left syde & backe & a hard belly. sept 10 die h. 1. 30. p m. 1599.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 200v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12736: Horary consultation concerning Mary Hall (PERSON12494)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1599 at 08:15

RN Mary Hall of Broughton 33 sept. 25 die h. 8. 15 ant m. 1599. for her head backe belly as hard as a borde bord {sic}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 208r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11911: Horary consultation concerning Old John Risely (PERSON15344)

Question asked by Risely (PERSON15342) on 30 December 1598 at 09:45

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson sent onc againe to me for my counsell his pain lieth now in his Cods {wc} are swollen as big as ons hed & as hard as a borde he was wont to haue them swollen very big but then lasted but 5 houres & nowe swelled ever sinc weddensday he cannot eate sleepe or goe to ground. troubled wth the wind Cholicke a paine in his backe st{illeg}ry Desirous to take a stro{illeg} but Doubteth he ca shall be able Decēb. filius patre cū consensu. Decēb 30. die . h. 10. \9. 45./ 1598 his water cold red & thi{ck}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 73v (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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling%3A%3AHardness;f4-number-of-astrologers=Single%20astrologer;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ABack, accessed 29 March 2025.