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CASE22140: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Whiting (PERSON61720)

Question asked by the patient on 12 June 1630 at 12:45

RN Mres Mary Whiting of Woburne Abbye 31. y. Iune 12 h {sic} hor 12. 45. p m 1630 /passio splenis\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 19r (upper left part of page)

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CASE60788: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1625 at 10:00

RN My Neece Magd Napere Write to send for a playster for ye spleene Iuly 11. {illeg}|| 10. ant m. 1625

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 142v (upper left part of page)

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CASE63184: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Brograve (PERSON44916)

Question asked by the patient on 6 February 1627 at 17:00

RN Mres Brograve for her selfe 56 y feb 6 h 5 p m 1627 |splene left syde.|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 356v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE37288: Horary consultation concerning Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638) and Mrs Savell (PERSON25267)

Question asked by Mary Villiers [Countess of Buckingham] [Lady Compton] [Lady Villiers] (PERSON22638) and Mrs Savell (PERSON25267) on 26 October 1610 at 09:00

RN the lady Compton & her gentlewomā Mres savell wer leet {sic} blood the lady in her right foote the gentlewoman in her right arme. the ladyes blood good the gentl black thick melancholy for her splene & hed ach cōtinuall. octob. 26 h. 9. ant m 16i0.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 329, f. 102r (upper part of page)

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CASE56181: Horary consultation concerning Robert Edwards (PERSON48371)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1623 between 15:39 and 15:45

RN Rob Edwards 16 y of Steapington troubled wth the splene & a hoarsnes 4. y. by fits & had the yellowe yaundes 2 y. sinc

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 80v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE64308: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mitton (PERSON54830) and Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485)

Question asked by Lady Mitton (PERSON54830) and Mrs Magdalen Napier [Mitton] [Sandy] (PERSON33485) on 20 July 1627 at 18:30 or at 19:40

RN Receaved a lettr the lady Mytton Iuly 20 h. 6 30 p m 1627 hath casted 3 weekes. would have a playster for the spleene

sent her things agaynst next fryday.

Mres mytton \my Cosen magd myt{ton}/ sent Iuly 20 h: 7 40 p m 1627

hath casteth 3 weekes Craveth my Consell & also a playst for ye spleene

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 167r-v (f. 167r middle left, and f. 167v upper right)

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CASE37431: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Johnson (PERSON32164)

Question asked by the patient on 7 October 1611 at 08:15

RN mes Elis Ionnson of Calidon serv. to the lady Barkcley 33 y octob. 7. h. 7|8|. 15. ant m 1611 |she brought a whyte thyn water /shortwyded splene hard & swelled\|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 334, f. 136r (upper part of page)

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CASE37437: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON37462)

Question asked by the patient on 6 October 1611 at 14:30

RN A wayting gentlewomā of my lady Barcley mutch troubled wth the greene sicknes. & the swelling & hardnes of the spleene {O}|3| {sic} 30 y Octob. 6. h. 2. 30 p m. 1611.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 334, f. 153r (upper part of page)

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CASE45300: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Longueville (PERSON24254)

Question asked by the patient on 8 July 1617 at 15:00

RN Mr Iohn longevill came cōplyning to me Iuly 8 h. 3. 15 ant m {sic} 1617. of his sweating fayntes & wyndynes of the spleene/

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 220, f. 37v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE51685: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)

Question asked by Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254) on 16 October 1620 at 07:00

RN my lady Mydleton her husb. water sine consensu octob. 16: h. 7. ant m 1620.

Sr Thomas taken wth a strang fit & passion of the splene & stone octob. 15. h. 10. \9. 30/ p m. 1620.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘stone fit & splene’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 205r (upper left part of page)

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CASE60427: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Midlemore (PERSON54718)

Question asked by the patient on 7 May 1625 at 11:45

RN Mres Mydlemore

Mres Mydlemore 26. y {sic} \30. y./ \29 y/ may 7. h {sic}. hor 11 45. ant m 1625. |sent her water & came her selfe|

[Astrological Chart]

she came & brought her water cōplaynth of her spleene & belly big hath had none a long tyme sinc her last child a yere, sinc what tyne {sic} she grew ill

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, ff. 88v-89r (f. 88v bottom left, and f. 89r upper left)

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?f39-practitioner-is-querent=No;f41-treatment=No;f42-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso%3A%3ASpleen, accessed 26 February 2025.