CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
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Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (AmissDisease)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11889: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Question asked by Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796) on 21 December 1598 at 09:15
RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by Mr Olivr Barker. for his wife sister is her mothr in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheathr shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēbr. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.
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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper left part of page)
Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796)Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Canker)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11890: Horary consultation concerning John Smith (PERSON15888) and Old Smith (PERSON15866)
Question asked by John Smith (PERSON15888) on 21 December 1598 at 10:00
RN Iohn Smith of haversham. 36 sick ever this week kept his bed th yesterday all daye the 20 of decemb sent \on/ of his neighbours to me for his disease his water cold all white & muddy complayneth of his harte very sick 2i of Decēb. die ♃. h. 10. 1598. a fatt high coloured man
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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper right part of page)
