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CASE10926: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Collins (PERSON10769)

Question asked by the patient on 23 June 1600 at 07:45

RN Margaret Collings 50 y. a sickly woman Iune 22|3| die h. 7. 45. ant m. 1600 lay in her head & nowe gone into her thighes / wonderfully hote.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 121r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)

Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30

RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die  {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)

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CASE74565: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)

Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 13:00

RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled wth a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 h. 1. p m 1632

desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE14079: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Barber (PERSON9438)

Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1603 at 09:15

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whit of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

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Mres An Barber sept 28 hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled wth her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aftr hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calf of her legs.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, ff. 89v-90r (f. 89v upper right, and f. 90r upper left)

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CASE12152: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)

Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:15

RN Agnes Parsons of Broughton. 12 yers old. hed f & armes and legs payned prick as nedles fearfull tymorous hed & backe 11. 15. mi. 1599 very hot burning. a meaden vnmaried

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 113v (upper right part of page)

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CASE12145: Horary consultation concerning Thomasin Nailor (PERSON14330)

Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 at 16:50

RN Tomson Nayler of Codomor in Whaddon chase for her hed. 40. had not her termes never since {illeg} {sic} Christmas. a flushing heate in her hed & shoulders. sweate. 26 of March. die {2}|4|. 50. mi.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 112v (upper 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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CASE12198: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10594)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 09:15

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags yt is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (upper right part of page)

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CASE72140: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Cob (PERSON46416)

Question asked by the patient on 19 May 1631 at 13:00

RN Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was prsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 355 (upper 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?f5-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ABurning%20and%20inflamed;f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints, accessed 2 February 2025.