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CASE37480: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eaton (PERSON30061)

Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1611 at 13:45

RN she was strangly taken wth her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. . h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all yt ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 4v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE21779: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Child (PERSON10497) and Child (PERSON10495)

Question asked by Mrs Child (PERSON10497) on 29 November 1604 at 12:15

RN mres Child of Puddington novemb 29 26 y hor 12. 15 p m 1604. /cānot goe nor move but as shee is light\

the child yt shee had is now very sicke./ about 15 weekes old./

with a skreking & very red wth it.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 192r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE23551: Horary consultation concerning Huet (PERSON31934)

Question asked by Robert Huet (PERSON31936) on 10 June 1614 at 09:15

RN Robart Huets sone of Hamerton sick & mended but lame of on syde & hath bene for two yeres his father fell out wth on Ione Adams & he is thought to be the worse for her. Iune 10 10 h. 9. 15 ant m. 1614. two yeres ill & goeth wth crutches

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 237, f. 26v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE35301: Horary consultation concerning Susan (PERSON21746)

Question asked by the patient on 27 February 1609 at 09:00

RN Susan sistr to my Cosen Warren |the lame on her right syde yt she cānot goe. long sicke of an ague. red| 30 y. feb. 27. . h. 9. ant m 16091

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘long sicke’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 338, f. 148v (upper part of page)

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CASE54121: Horary consultation concerning Edward Gale (PERSON30739) and Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)

Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 7 May 1622 at 17:40

RN Goody Gale for her child 7 {sic} \10/ or 10|2| y old sick in|&| lame in the neck & should & arnes {sic} for Edward|Tho.| Gostick sick in the head may 7 h 5. 40 p m 1622.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 93r (upper left part of page)

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CASE76667: Horary consultation concerning Robert Summerley (PERSON59783)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41796) on 13 March 1633 at 12:20

Robt Suerly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. . h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from ye wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a qrter olde, & was neur well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 214, p. 371 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE11838: Horary consultation concerning James Greenwood (PERSON12385)

Question asked by the patient on 2 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Iames Greenewood of water eaton Doctr Spark tennet {sic} 50 yeres old. complayneth of his of h an old dysease of his harte now well & lusty but not long sinc almost ded in it. troubled wth a stitch on his right side & cometh over his hart ready to swounde. very cold wth it. of a high colour. stuffed in his Chest yt he can scarce tak his winde quærit Decēbr. 2. die . h. 10. 15. mi. 1598. his hart trembleth muday {sic} last sick lame.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60r (upper right part of page)

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CASE65223: Decumbiture for Sir William Samuell (PERSON25233)

Question asked by the patient on 21 January 1628 at 09:00

RN fell sick on satt last betwixt 11 & 12. & is sorely payned & cānot hath no vse of his lims & cānot styr him selfe & swoundeth often

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 67r (upper right, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE11801: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Lea [Vines] (PERSON16711)

Question asked by the patient between 14 November 1598 and 15 November 1598

RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 52v (upper left part of page)

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CASE40075: Decumbiture for Robert Will (PERSON36849)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1612 at 05:30

RN cōpl on monday morning about 8 & was very sick. & did cast & is full of payne & ach all over & cā not stand nor lye nor rest is in sutch payne & casteth all yt he taketh

he sickened

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 119r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE13956: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17906)

Question asked by the patient on 30 August 1603 at 10:45

RN for a poer womā of Sherington yt hath bene long sick & swollen in her body face legs cānot goe August 30 hor 10. 45. ant m 1603

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 68v (bottom 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.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right 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?f40-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29%3A%3ASickness;f41-treatment=No;f42-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed, accessed 10 April 2025.