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CASE12209: Horary consultation concerning John Bird (PERSON9742)

Question asked by the patient on 4 April 1599 at 09:35

RN Iohn Birde \the Smith/ came for him selfe his face swelled & hard throte first sore Apr. 4 die h. 9. 35. ant m. 1599. hed & stomacke

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 121v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12041: Horary consultation concerning Alice Richardson (PERSON15307)

Question asked by the patient on 9 March 1599 at 09:48

RN Alce Richardson of 15 yeres for a swelling vnder her throte & the side of her cheeke Martij 9 her nose very sore & her hed & stomack hot. Martij 9. die h. 9. 48 1599. in her owne son a prty bloody coloured wench

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 96v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12996: Horary consultation concerning Agnes King (PERSON13388)

Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1600 at 13:30

RN Agnes Kinge servā to Mres Burchmore of tottle end 22 y payned hart stomack & head. sodenly ready taken at night for an hour lost her speake munday last about 12 a clock at night came in her owne son Ian 14 die h. 1. 30 p m. 1600.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255r (upper right part of page)

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CASE55757: Horary consultation concerning Mr Caryll (PERSON45624)

Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1623 at 15:00 approx.

RN About 3 Mr Caroll came to me vttering his secreat

ever sinc mikle alhalloutyde yt he bought a purchas neaver well but feeleth him selfe very faynt & drye & exceeding thirsty in his stomacke & mouth & on the end of his tongue./ & as he Drinketh maketh water continually after drinking |cānot follow any busynes./|

Costive onc in 2 or 3 days./

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 16v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE77690: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary More (PERSON54926)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1633 at 14:30

RN Mres Mary Moore of Layton. 18 next Novēbr the 11. or 12. but came to me Iune 24 . h. 2. 30 p m 1633. a young widow

hath lost her cōplexion & looketh very pale but when she rydeth had a great cold & cough 3 quaters of a yere a payne in the mould of her head loveth any thing bettr then meate.

a bad stomack hath thē well cā walke well

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 259 (upper left part of page)

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CASE18882: Horary consultation concerning Dr Robert Vilvayne (PERSON16704)

Question asked by the patient on 5 February 1601 at 18:15

RN Mr Vilvayne of Exetr colledge feb 5 die hor. 6. p m. 1601 quærit remediu capitis dolore assiduo stomacho. et byle 6. 15 p m

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 24v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE23803: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Faldo (PERSON30274)

Question asked by the patient on 12 August 1614 at 16:25

RN Thomas faldoe of Goldington 24 y two days before Miklemas the day he was borne was . came to me himselfe Aug. 12. h. 4. \25./ p m 1614 |wynd in his hed & stomack|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 69v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11846: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Smith (PERSON15945)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 14:00

RN Elisabeth Smith 30 yeres old 9 yeres maried. never had Child it cometh by fits twice a weeke of a good colour red faced & fill {sic} of blood lieth in her hed & so ariseth from her hart & stomack vnto her hed. her face & syde swelleth. her vrine is red & full of rags. came in her owne son & then was very well of Decemb. 4 die h. 2. 1598. dwelleth at Emerten right side of her hed.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed & hart’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 61v (upper left part of page)

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CASE75784: Horary consultation concerning Anne Rider (PERSON57617)

Question asked by the patient on 27 October 1632 at 08:45

RN An Rider of Newp. 17. y octob 27 h {sic}. hor 8 45 ant m 1632

neavr had thē head stomackgrene sickes sinc last Easter

tab 4d was prsent \body hoaven./

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 100 (upper left part of page)

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CASE11682: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1598 at 15:53

RN R N. valde ægrotabat corde capite et stomacho. quæritur causā. Sept. 11. die . h. 3. 53 m. post m. 1598 apoplexia et verti

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 27v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13026: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Dennet (PERSON11254)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1600 at 09:30

RN Dorothy Dēnet 19 y. of husband Crawly had nevr her flowers was wonderfully peaned her head & stomacke & nowe in the bottome of her belly ever sinc the phisick I gave her god be praysed for it. came agayne for more physick Ian. 30 die h. 9. 30. ant m. 1600 with a greeping maketh her very sick

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 261r (upper right part of page)

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CASE14832: Horary consultation concerning William Roughead (PERSON15478)

Question asked by the patient on 16 April 1603 at 08:40

GJ Will Ruffehead of this howse. For his extreame headache and heat of his stomacke Apr. 16. ho 8. 40 a m. 1603.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 53v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11842: Horary consultation concerning John Cunningham (PERSON11117)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17635) on 4 December 1598 at 11:00

RN Iohn Connyngham 7 yeres old satterday sennet after miklemas daye sick this 12 moneth. cōplayneth most of his hed & hath a weake stomack. was wonte to have white water leeke dregs of a tub. very thick of a pale & whitish Colour. a longe visage. Decēb. 4. h. 11. the child came hither.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE39221: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Wren (PERSON17399)

Question asked by the patient on 18 February 1612 at 11:39

RN Goody Wren of this hanslop. 40 y febr. 18. h. 11. 39. ant m 1612. hed chest raynes of her back stomack full corpulent.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 246r (bottom part of page)

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CASE21242: Horary consultation concerning Lancelot Whitfield (PERSON17095)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1604 at 06:30

RN La{unl}et Whitefild of Woulverton 54 y maij 9 hor 6. 30 ant m 1604.

hed ill s {sic} cough of a long cōtinuanc 6 yeres full stomacke & stitches. backe Sr Henr long mā. maried /Here in prsenc as if he ayled nothing\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 104v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE72140: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Cob (PERSON46416)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1631 at 13:00

RN Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was prsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 355 (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?f30-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck;f31-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3AStomach;f32-how-did-it-take-place=Question%20asked%20in%20person, accessed 10 April 2025.