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CASE19581: Horary consultation concerning Robert Orchard (PERSON14565)

Question asked by the patient on 10 July 1601 at 08:30

RN Ge Robart Orchard of Calverton 80 y. Iuly 10 hor. 8. 30 ant m. 160i

canot hold his meate it will not tarye wth him.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 145r (upper right part of page)

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CASE21620: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Parkins (PERSON14683)

Question asked by the patient on 20 October 1604 at 10:00

RN Edward parkins grosse & corpulent 5{0}|6| y Octob 20 h {sic} hor 10. 1604. a bad digestion. a child 4 y. old.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 166r (upper right part of page)

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CASE24603: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Hackley [Hartley] (PERSON31200)

Question asked by the patient on 30 April 1610 at 11:25

RN mes Hartle of Maldone 40 y Apr 30 h. 11. 25 ant m 1610 a bad digest.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 18r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE12205: Horary consultation concerning Jane Fisher (PERSON11783)

Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 11:30

RN Iane fishr 12\5/ yeres old cōplayneth of her stomacke & an arising vpward & not downeward. Apr. d {sic} 3 die h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599. cannot digest a yellowish watr.

[Astrological Chart]

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

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CASE18527: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Barton (PERSON9526)

Question asked by the patient on 13 January 1603 at 12:30

GJ Mr Barton of Eastcote Ian. 13 ho. 12. 30 p. m. for a great windines of his stomacke weake Digestion, heavynes

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 283r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE23616: Horary consultation concerning Dr Michael Jarman (PERSON32083)

Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1614 between 14:40 and 19:25

GJ Mr Michaell Iermin Troubled wth wyndines Desyres something for it and for indigestion.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 237, f. 35r (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13390: Horary consultation concerning George Reeve (PERSON15224)

Question asked by the patient on 21 November 1597 at 13:00

RN George Rive of Caucot/ \{illeg}/ 60 yeres old quærit morbū 1597. Novemb. 21. die . h post meid {sic} ia {illeg}le insōnis est nō pet dormire, nec digere pet cibū et retinere.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 93r (upper part of page)

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CASE15752: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Purrier (PERSON15107)

Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1603 at 15:30

GJ Agnes Purryer of Cranfield 15 y. Octob. 17 ho. 3. 30 p. m. 1603

One walter Hooton mr Androwes man of Lathbury beaten her that she is sore over her whole body. very faynt & ready many times to swound digest nothing. He put a hempen halter about her shoulder. /

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 149r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE67897: Decumbiture for Mr Thomas Anderton (PERSON42696)

Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1629 at 08:30

RN Mr Anderton taken wth a fore flatulent melanch. passion wth a sore beating of his stomack ill after meate & after his first sleepe eating very litle at all tyme a bad Digest stomack full of wynd & choler was taken wth a sore fit Decēb. 11 h. 12. 30 p m. 1629|8|. 1628.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 86v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE11781: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Archer (PERSON9204)

Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1598 at 09:06

RN Margaret Archer of Calverton’ 34 yeres quærit remediū 7 of novemb die  {sic}. 9. 6. mi. 1598 shee hath her bene maried this 20 yere nevr had child shee hath them every three weekes but after thick of hearing stopt in the chest meate hath not his passage Downe a cold body & stomacke.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 48r (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?f55-practitioner-is-astrologer=Yes;f56-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3AEating%20and%20drinking%20problems%3A%3ACannot%20digest;f57-judgment=No, accessed 29 April 2025.