skip to primary navigationskip to content

Search results

Display  

Showing 1-15 of 15 records with:

  • Medical::Parts of the body in question-asked 
  • Medical::Symptoms (specified)::Sleep problems::Sleeplessness in question-asked 
  • Others in querent-is-asking-about 
 Sorted by:  

Refine your results

Document type

Practitioner details

Practice
Number of practitioners
Practitioner is querent
Practitioner is patient

Astrologer details

Practitioner is astrologer
Number of astrologers

Patient details

Patient is
Patient’s age
Number of patients

How & where did it take place

Querent is asking about
Consultation took place with patient's knowledge
Patient's consent to the consultation is
How did it take place

When did it take place

Time of day

Consultation details

Case contains judgment
Case includes treatment information
Case contains recipe

Person asking the question

Querent is
Querent’s age
Querent is identified
Number of querents

Editorial information

Case deleted
Case text damaged
Language
Extent of transcription
manuscript page thumbnail

CASE12319: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17687)

Question asked by Margaret Lawrence (PERSON13618) on 25 April 1599 between 17:30 and 18:00

RN Margaret Lawrenc 50 yeres old servant sent in yt howse never well sinc yt servante went he{illeg}|r| master did not leeke her well & therfore turned her away. suspected shee can seldome sleepe. fallen downe into her leg this Margaret sayd of her yt shee was naught wth on of her masters servant yt was marid

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (bottom right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE12959: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Potter (PERSON15010)

Question asked by Mrs Potter (PERSON15014) on 8 January 1600 at 10:10

RN Mres Potter of willing sent for her husb. wth out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 250r (upper left part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE41825: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Swaine (PERSON35870)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37924) on 10 May 1615 at 09:45

RN Sam Sweane of Stony stratford 5. y. may 10. h. 9. 45 ant m 1615. hed & belly. |cānot sleepe nor rest will eate prtely.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 11v (bottom left part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE11698: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Newell (PERSON14369)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17606) on 18 September 1598 at 15:00

RN Thomas Newell of Sheringhton 8 yeres old. quærit causā eius deo favente remed. Sept. 18. die . h. 9 3. 1598. sweld in his legs & anckels and stomack & cannot sleepe./

[Blank Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 30v (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE16002: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Parrot (PERSON14715)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 29 December 1603 at 10:00

RN Thomas Parret Mr leas mā \of Stanton/ 27. y Decēb 29  {sic} hor 10. ant m 1603. hed mūphes. cānot sleepe

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 174r (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE44752: Horary consultation concerning Francis Chaplin (PERSON28835)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38205) on 23 April 1617 at 08:30

RN francis Chaplin of Hardmead 5 y. Ap. 23. h. 8. 30 ant m 1617 |hed & belly \hed back chest/ cā take no rest hath a cough|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 134r (bottom left part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)

Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE74582: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Latimer (PERSON53399) and Anonymous (PERSON53398)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON53396) on 10 May 1632 at 16:40

RN Mres Dorothy Latymer. 25 y may 10 h. 4. 40 p m 1632 |An extreme cold over all her body cānot sleepe|

[Astrological Chart]

& my opinion touching his bewitched child by 2 witches/

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 151 (bottom left part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE44503: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON33784)

Question asked by Mr Cuthbert Ogle (PERSON24702) on 21 March 1617 at 13:45

RN Mr Ogles for his kinswomā march 21. . h. 1. 45 p m 1617

[Astrological Chart]

he writeth to know mye opinion & iudgment touching his kinswomā.

desyrous to have her brought over to me.

her stomack worse sleepeth litle. is sometyms vppon a sudden tormented wth sweat & then prsently cold. her mynd is to come over vnto me./

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 198, f. 95r (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

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)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE11787: Horary consultation concerning William Thomson (PERSON16396)

Question asked by Hugh Thomson (PERSON16391) on 9 November 1598 at 06:00

RN Hugh Tomson filio williā qui graviter ægrotat who he supposeth to be taken or planet stroken because he is so sorely handled wth it in his chest & syde and & {sic} cannot to ground & \nor/ make water. he could not sleepe all this last night. Novēber. the 9 die h. 6 9 ant m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 49v (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

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)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE40184: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37776)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37777) on 28 July 1612 at 09:00

RN a litle child 3 y. at the same tyme \cānot rest cryeth nevr the better.// belly swelled casteth voydeth wormes cānot rest

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 134r (upper left part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE11870: Horary consultation concerning Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014) on 12 December 1598 at 09:30

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white wth extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but yt I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

{sic} husband vxore sine cōsensu

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 65v (upper right part of page)

manuscript page thumbnail

CASE10329: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margery Dayrell (PERSON11218) and Nathaniel Dayrell (PERSON11212)

Question asked by Mrs Margery Dayrell (PERSON11218) on 15 April 1600 at 10:20

RN Mres Dorrell of Lillingston Dorell for her feete. Aprill 15 die h. 10 25 {sic} 20 ant m. 1600.

Nath. Dorrell of 3 y olde cānot sleepe yet drowsy feare the wormes./ yet his belly soft:

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 38v (upper right, and bottom right parts 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-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f32-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems%3A%3ASleeplessness;f33-querent-is-asking-about=Others, accessed 16 April 2025.