CASE67201: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Minshull (PERSON54825)
Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1628 at 17:00
RN Mr Iohn Minc|s|hull of Cābridg of Magd. 23 y. octob 17. ♀ h. 5. p m 1628.
pect vitio. et f sem: et melanch.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 293r (upper left part of page)
CASE66833: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning John Mason (PERSON54441)
Question asked by the patient on 18 August 1628 between 11:20 and 17:00
RN Iohn Mason had {a} sore fit of the ep{i}lepsy arising frō his left syde to hi{s} head Aug 17 ☉ h 8 ant m 1628
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 228v (upper right part of page)
CASE67136: Horary consultation concerning Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254)
Question asked by the patient on 8 October 1628 at 12:00
RN The Lady Nydleton {sic} sickly. subiect to cholick & Iandis & hath not her sicknes kindly a weake back octob 8 ☿ h. 12 1628.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 280r (upper right part of page)
CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00
RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628
writeth for a gent mā
first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction
Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of
cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)
Mr John Evans (PERSON48613)Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Personal affairs>Business affairs (Finance and property)
Personal affairs (Personal counsel and advice)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Melancholy)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Speech problems)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
CASE66092: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40662) on 14 May 1628 at 17:00
RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.
It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheathr the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child prsent wth goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 32r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON40662)Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (PiningConsumedWasting)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (HardnessSwelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Face)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)