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CASE12113: Horary consultation concerning John Windmill (PERSON17221)

Question asked by the patient on 21 March 1599 at 08:20

RN Iohn Wind {sic}

Iohn Windmill of yardly Gubbin 34 yeres old maried sick sinc munday night at wood lyeth at his chest cannot sleepe nor take any rest on his bed or any vp or Downe. sent his water reasonable good a cold taken vppō a heate. somewhat to yellowe & somewhat Costive. as red as skarlet his face a very strong lusty man \21 of/ March. die h. 8. 3|2|0 mi ant m. 1599

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 107r-v (f. 107r bottom right, and f. 107v upper left)

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CASE12228: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Thomas Gardner (PERSON12047)

Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1599 at 06:30

RN Thomas Gardener of Dunsanger of 60 yeres old his water as red as any blood leeke very bloode fell sick on satterday night at midnight cōplayneth of his belly. very Costive since. can take no rest nor sleepe cryeth out wth extremitye of payne. Apr. 9 die h. 6. {illeg}5|30|. m. ant m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

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CASE50178: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Stokes (PERSON35785)

Question asked by the patient on 23 January 1620 at 14:30

RN Mr Stoake \of Wing/ very sick of melancholy head stōacke cānot sleepe. Ian 23 h. 2. 30 p m 1620 |is very weake|

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 112r (upper left part of page)

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CASE12224: Horary consultation concerning Davis (PERSON11175)

Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1599 at 06:45

RN Raynold Davyes brothr{sic} wife very sick wth a cold taken vppon a heate in his brest stomack hed. & belly cannot sleepe Easter dy {sic} Apr. 8 die h. 6. 45. ant m 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123v (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?f34-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ASleep%20problems;f36-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness, accessed 19 March 2025.