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CASE71400: Horary consultation concerning Jane Redding (PERSON57437)

Question asked by Mr John More (PERSON54894) on 21 February 1631 at 13:00

RN Mr Iohn Moore for a young daughter \mayd/ \Iane Riddin/ |nata Iulij 15. 1620 10 y old feb 21. h. 1. p m 1631.| who is fallen Lame in her left leg mutch swollen frō the h {sic} knee downeward & before it fell down was extreme sick & swelled towards her belly

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 125 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE45324: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Ingold (PERSON32025)

Question asked by the patient on 22 July 1617 at 17:00

RN Elis. Ingold of yardly Hasting 50|3|. y. Iuly 22 h. 5. p. m. 1617

is very lame a yere & cānot styrre her legs & when the her legs are up, they cā hardly pull thē downe & when they are downe they will turne vp by snatches vp into her body wth great payne & is forced ever sinc shrovetuesday to keepe her bed. & when she is put into a chayre she must be bound to it or els her legs will dawe {sic} her out /in great extremity\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 41r (upper right part of page)

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CASE55909: Horary consultation concerning Goody Geraldine Ward (PERSON61108)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1623 at 11:20

RN Goody Ward of 38 y of Clappā March. 31. h. 11. 20 ant m 1623.

brought a bed a month sinc & lyeth always on her bed & is so swelled in her legs yt she can neyther stand nor goe

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 41r (upper right part of page)

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CASE60608: Horary consultation concerning Henry Morgan (PERSON54946)

Question asked by the patient on 7 June 1625 at 07:00

RN Herry Morgā of Olnye 19 y Iune. 7. . h. 7 ant m 1625.

a very lame fellow in his knee & legs \nutch {sic} swelled./ somewhat swelled. |cānot styrre out of his bed|1

Notes:

1 ‘lame in his knees & swelled. cānot styrre in his bed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 115v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11767: Horary consultation concerning Harry Gooding (PERSON12227)

Question asked by Gooding (PERSON12226) on 29 October 1598 at 13:00

RN Harry Goodin taken lame in his left leg not swollen he cannot styrre his right side. in his leg & huck bone he layd in the fild Downe & being hote tooke a colde. this day or monday was sennet 17 d 16 last Christmas eve. 1598. pater filio et filius oravit patrē. vt me consulet morbo. Octob. 29 die h. 1. 1598. it took him in the fild as if it were prickt with nales. he cryeth out whē it is touched.

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 45v (upper left part of page)

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CASE39004: Horary consultation concerning Old Sumner (PERSON35849)

Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1611 at 08:30

RN Old Sūner of Woulvrton Decēb. 27 . h. 8. 30. ant m. 1611 80 y

fortnigt amis frō lame frō the short ribs t|d|owne to his knes & cā take no rest but is mightely tormented as on yt were taken.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 208v (upper left part of page)

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CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)

Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15

RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die . h. 10. 15. 1599.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (upper left 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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CASE11732: Horary consultation concerning Anne Gooding (PERSON12234)

Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1598 at 14:00

RN An Goodin of Emmerton maried about 48. sinc whitsontide ill at her hart & then her back ready to teare a {sic} her harte & exceeding thirsty & Drye. Octob. 5. die h. 2. it tooke her lame in her leg

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 39v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE12075: Horary consultation concerning Joan Burton (PERSON10231)

Question asked by the patient between 13 March 1599 at 14:30 and 14 March 1599 at 11:10

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back wth cold & a trembling ach in her back.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE49923: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Young (PERSON37175)

Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1619 at 15:00

RN Will Young of Illing beyond St yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before St Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by wth mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold wth a nūmnes in his legs yt he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body yt he cā scarce get his cleathes togeathr by fits his legs

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 51v (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?f6-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29%3A%3ALame%2C%20numb%20or%20paralysed;f7-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ALimbs%20and%20joints%3A%3ALegs;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AIllness%20%28general%29, accessed 15 March 2025.