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CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)

Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

[Partial Astrological Chart]

he was blasted in a garden.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76943: Horary consultation concerning John Kingston (PERSON53022)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41826) on 12 April 1633 at 14:15

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 31 (upper left part of page)

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CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)

Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30

RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)

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CASE65305: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Brewer (PERSON44769)

Question asked by the patient on 4 February 1628 at 09:00

RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. h. 9 ant m 1628

Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great wth child quickened at St Thomas

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 90v (upper right part of page)

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CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)

Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

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\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12463: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)

Question asked by the patient on 16 May 1599 at 11:30

RN Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die . h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE54069: Horary consultation concerning Susan Stanniyerne [Webster] (PERSON59483)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1622 at 13:25

RN Susan Stāni|y|en\yerne/ {sic} \{sic}tannyyarde {sic}/ \Stanniyerne/ of Owndle in Northāpton sheere 43 y May 2. h. 1. 25. p m 1622 |a swelling in her hand & fingers & feet could not stand nor goe|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 84v (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?f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABloating%20and%20swelling;f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AFeet, accessed 2 February 2025.