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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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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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CASE11755: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Travell (PERSON16536)

Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1598 at 14:09

RN Thomas Travell of Hanslop. 60 yeres old enquireth wheathr he be worded. the for his sore hand. wc stinketh & wasteth. the 5 of August: being . morning: /: he cane {sic} & enquired. this i8 of octob. die h. 2. 9. post m. 1598 /die \

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 43v (upper right part of page)

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CASE46283: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON32228)

Question asked by Mr George Kempton (PERSON32223) on 28 March 1618 at 15:40

RN my Cosen Georg for his wife mach {sic} 28 {}|h| {sic} hor. 3. 40 p m 1618. boath her hads {sic} very hot & drye

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 37v (bottom 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.

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

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CASE12649: Decumbiture for Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)

Question asked by Franknill (PERSON11935) on 6 September 1599 at 11:20

RN Isbell franknill of drayton sloe. 61. taken speechles last friday as at candle light. as shee was dressing of a sore leg. sodenly taken nowe question is wheathr p. taken or besp Sept. August. 31. die h. 7. p m. 1599. cannot styrre her syd nor hand. a ded palsye.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 195v (upper right part of page)

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CASE70315: Horary consultation concerning Samuel Rogers (PERSON57817)

Question asked by the patient on 24 March 1630 at 13:00

Samuel Rogers of Moulton 22. y. Mart. 24. . h. 1. p. m. 1630

hath a Swellinge in his Back & RN \genitalibus rūning & in his/ hand cannot hold his water Lame in his Thighe & Hucklebone

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 199 (upper right part of page)

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CASE12290: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Impy (PERSON13103)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 11:15

RN Thomas Impy of Marst{illeg}|on|e Morten 43 for a lame hand swelled yt he can lift it vp to his hed. 24 of Apr. {di}e h. 11. 15. ant m. 1599. {taken} wth a surfet of wet & cold. yt fell into his armes.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 136r (upper left part of page)

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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}

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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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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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CASE12779: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Broughton (PERSON10088)

Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1599 at 14:15

RN Agnis Brouten of Wellingborowe. 23. y. amisse {illeg}|t|his 5 yeres. chest & thenc ariseth to her head & maketh her hands & head & as it were dead yt shee hath no vse & feeling & knoweth nothing. Octob. 4 die h. 2. 15. p {sic}. 1599. ariseth wth a water on her stomacke /

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 214r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE19522: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18453)

Question asked by the patient on 17 June 1601 at 06:30

RN a Poer wench of London wch was had a face swelled very hand {sic} & a hard {sic} greatly swelled. wch was broken wth pultisses came to knowe my counsell Iuly 5. & whenc it ceeded & what was good for it. Iune 17. die hor 6. 30 ant m. 160i

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 136r (upper left part of page)

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CASE27775: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Forman (PERSON19644)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38887) on 12 July 1606 at 10:25

RN Isbell forman of Ridgmont 6 y. Iuly 12 h {sic} hor. 10. 20|5| p|a|nt m 1606

left hand sore swelled & broken. this 3 quarters of a yere swelled & lately broken

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metuit veneficiū Marg Brinckloe or vnderwood now

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 215, f. 216r (upper left part of page)

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CASE54640: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) and Sansome (PERSON58275)

Question asked by Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) on 19 July 1622 at 17:39

RN Gillane Sansome by temple Barre 50 y Iuly 19 h. 5. 39 p m 1622 /strangly taken hands shaking & crooked\

thanks for her Daughters strang recoavery

now for her owne selfe troubled wth heate & cold by fits & sudden flushes flushing in so mutch making her very faynt & to sweate also craveth my helpe.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 3r (upper right part of page)

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CASE30370: Horary consultation concerning Mr Freeman (PERSON23305)

Question asked by the patient on 17 December 1606 at 14:30

RN Mr fremā came to me enquiring of his heate of hands full of melancholy decēb. 17. h. 2. 30 p m 1606. discontent. very pale & wan.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 193, f. 35r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)

Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45

RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)

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CASE37610: Horary consultation concerning Walter Cheese (PERSON28872)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37483) on 25 February 1611 at 16:15

RN Water Cheese of Stony stratford borne the last night being about betwixt 5 & six 20 weekes sinc. her disease & first fit tooke it feb 21 h 4. p m 1611. it did shake wth the hands & wryteth {sic} ye mouth & hed & clutcheth the hands & grypeth. & falleth. the first daye 2 fits. yesterday & this day may {sic} fits.

water good.

{sen}|{wro}|te to me febr. 25 h. 4. 15. p m 1611.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 23v (bottom 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-treatment=No, accessed 4 April 2025.