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CASE21771: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Goodfellowe (PERSON12222)

Question asked by the patient on 27 November 1604 at 11:39

RN Mres Goodfellow sent vnto me novēber. 27. h. 11. 30 {sic} 39. ant m 1604 a hare.

spots on her hand

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 191r (upper right part of page)

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CASE37581: Horary consultation concerning Mary Buckly (PERSON10139)

Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1611 at 10:50

RN Mary Buckley 14 y feb 20 h. 10. 50 ant m 1611 hands very mutch swelled/

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 19v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE48751: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1619 at 10:00

RN Goody Richadson of newp care {sic} her selfe for her hands of wch she hath no vse May {illeg} {sic} 18 h. 10 ant m 1619

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 4v (upper left part of page)

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CASE62245: Horary consultation concerning Alice Smith (PERSON59125)

Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1626 at 15:00

RN Alce Smyth of Raunson 23 y may 2. h 3. p m 1626 her right hand swelled very mutch sinc sat

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 190v (upper left part of page)

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CASE65854: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Gee (PERSON49736)

Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1628 at 09:00

RN Elis Gee of Steplingly 60 y A {sic} taken sudenly in her hand & draged vp in to her han thōbe like a thorne & is swelled all over & will come to no hed wth any pultishes she was taken Ap. 2 h 12. 30 p m 1628

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 181r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE67589: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Throckmorton [Old Mrs Throckmorton] (PERSON60154)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1629 at 14:30

RN Old Mres Throckmor{ton} of Weston 60 {y} Ian. 17 h {sic} hor 2. 30 p m. 1629 /lame wth payne in her left leg. hand swelled\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 24v (upper right part of page)

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CASE46876: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Honour (PERSON12890)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1618 at 08:40

RN Goody Honour of Woulvrton 42 y Iune 17 {illeg}|| h. 8. 40 ant m 1618      hands benūmed

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 146r (upper left part of page)

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CASE42237: Horary consultation concerning Joan Eling (PERSON30133)

Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1615 at 07:30

RN Ione Ellen of Newp likely to loose her fyngers of her left hand swelled {h} {sic} 40 y Aug 18 h. 7 30 ant m 1615

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 196, f. 79v (upper right part of page)

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CASE52808: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Roughead (PERSON57943)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1621 at 11:30

RN Agnys Rufhead of Whaddon 41 y Iuly 9. h. h. {sic} 11. 30 ant m 162i vtrū sit gravida right hand swelleth & is very paynfull & full of ach.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 40r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE77507: Horary consultation concerning Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) and Silvester (PERSON58755)

Question asked by Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) on 8 June 1633 at 06:00 or at 07:30

RN An Silvester of Hunsdon in Hartford sheere 42 y Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6 ant m 1633

strangly handled in her feete wth pulling & gnawing her feete wth extremity of payns & her hands pill all over & the tops wore away wth the payne & did extremely vomyte at the first for 4 days 16 weekes. & had 2 child wch vomyted sorely & on child dyed & she cānot sit vp nor goe but as she she {sic} is caryed nor cānot abyde any to touch her hands & feete & are extreme hot

vryne very good Iune 8. h {sic}. hor 6 ant m 1633. /h. 7. 30 ant m 1633\

[Astrological Chart]

Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6. ant m 1633.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 206 (upper left, upper right, and middle centre parts of page)

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CASE12386: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)

Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 10:30

RN Mres fayth Gybbes 50 sent to me againe the 5 of May. for a stiffnes in t & swelling & knobbes in t her wrest & inside of her wrests & hands, for a paine in her sinewes an {sic} an ache in her bones, hands & knees. altering from place to place. die . h. 10. 30 m ant m. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 151r (upper right part of page)

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CASE24757: Horary consultation concerning Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1610 at 07:00

RN Sara Pauly of NorthCrowlye 38. y may 15. h. 7. ant m. 16i0 Delivered this day sennet about 8. in the morning. was in labour from monday to that Daye tooke a cold. & sore all over. & was swelled all over & now is swelled in her left hand & cānot make water onc in 24 houres. ready to cast & her wynd is ready to be stopt wth it very weake.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 34v, f. 34r (f. 34v upper left, and f. 34r bottom left)

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CASE53520: Horary consultation concerning Clemence Ruly (PERSON62969)

Question asked by the patient on 1 February 1622 at 09:25

RW Clement Rulie d. . h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly wth a riseing in \her/ stomacke wch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 231, f. 175v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE50088: Decumbiture for Agnes Smytch (PERSON35561)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1619 at 14:00

RN 22 novēb 22 her lyms fayled her in at 4 p m in m legs & hands doe swell & at othr tyme {swag}

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 86r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE22185: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Mason (PERSON54458)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1630 at 17:25

RN Elis Mason mayed {sic} Iue {sic} 17 h. 5. 25 p m 1603 {sic} her legs & hands doe swell therfore feareth a Dropsy a fat womā of a sanguine cōplex 3 children

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 25r (upper left part of page)

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CASE29796: Horary consultation concerning Anne Harding (PERSON19850)

Question asked by the patient on 25 September 1605 at 15:38 or at 15:50

RN An Harding of Asplye 15 y. septēb. 25. h. 3. 38 p m 1605. |h. 3. 50.|

hands feete & legs swelled great ach cānot turne her selfe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 208v (upper left part of page)

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CASE60412: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anderson (PERSON42687)

Question asked by the patient on 6 May 1625 at 11:25

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 h. 11 25 1625

wheathr leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 86r (upper right part of page)

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CASE12085: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Emerson (PERSON11591)

Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1599 at 09:49

RN Elisabeth Emmerton of Nash 2i yeres sick this sennet full of paine every where round about her back & lins {sic} & into her hands. 15 of March. die . h. 9. 49. 1599. shee camot {sic} tak any rest day or night light headed

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11784: Horary consultation concerning Joan Nelson (PERSON14355)

Question asked by the patient on 8 November 1598 at 10:45

RN Ihone Nelson of Moulso of 52 yeres old. sick this 14 yere. always vomiteth vp her meate espec. this last yere. keepeth nowe her bed it g{oo}gleth in her body. yt wc cometh vp is black as sote nothing given her will: make her vomit shee bendeth her selfe forward & always must reatch fleume sick her back & left side & keepeth her bed. & tumbleth vp all 10. 45. ant m 1598. shee feareth lest shee be wasted wthin. 1598. die always cold feete hands novemb. 8.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 49r (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?f35-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3AHands;f37-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f38-querent-sex=Female, accessed 4 April 2025.