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CASE65939: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Tyrringham (PERSON60688)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1628 at 08:30

RN Mr Edward Tyrringhā 14. y Ap 28. hor 8. 30 ant m 1628

cōpl of his head

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 3v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE66837: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Fawthrot (PERSON30313)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1628 at 17:00

RN Mres Fawtrot. Aug. 5. p m. 1628

head face

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 229r (upper right part of page)

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CASE67106: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Duncombe [Young Mr Duncombe] (PERSON48155)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1628 at 09:40

RN Mr Iohn Duncōbe of great Brickhill sent to me for his head & the vertiginousnes therof \30. y./ Octob. 4 h {sic} hor. 9 40 ant m 1628.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 275v (upper left part of page)

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CASE66438: Horary consultation concerning Mr Stephen Crompton (PERSON47335)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 20:20

RN The gentlemā of Coventry \Mr Crompton of Coventrye 26 y/ yt hurt his skull wth a piece & now hath the falling sicknes wth convuls. Iune 24 h 8. 20 p m 1628 /he came to take physick\ |Iune|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 84r (upper left part of page)

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CASE66833: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning John Mason (PERSON54441)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1628 between 11:20 and 17:00

RN Iohn Mason had {a} sore fit of the ep{i}lepsy arising frō his left syde to hi{s} head Aug 17 h 8 ant m 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 228v (upper right 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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CASE67531: Horary consultation concerning Mr Peter Fawthrot (PERSON30312)

Question asked by the patient on 29 December 1628 at 09:30

RN Mr Fawtrot cōplayned of the swelling in his head hot & red Decēb 29 h 9 25|30| ante m 1628.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 13v (middle left part of page)

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CASE66407: Horary consultation concerning Emmanuel Scrope [First Earl of Sunderland, Lord President of York] [Lord Scrope] (PERSON58391)

Question asked by the patient on 19 June 1628 at 17:00

RN I receaved from my lord prsid a kind Hon. loving lettr craving the same pils because his Honour is mutch bound & swelled in his belly & fumeth vp into his head Iune 19  {sic} h 5. p m. 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 79v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)

Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 h 6 p m 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)

Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (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?f31-querent-is-asking-about=Self;f32-date=1620-1629%3A%3A1628;f33-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead, accessed 19 March 2025.