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CASE32027: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Cowly (PERSON22714)

Question asked by Florence Cowly (PERSON22725) on 6 September 1607 at 15:30

RN Goodmā Cowly of hanslop wheathr {sic} good to let blood his wife for him left syde Sept 6 hor. 3. 30 p m 1607.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 269v (upper right part of page)

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CASE56376: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mary Hartop [Mrs Mary Hartop] (PERSON19876)

Question asked by the patient on 23 May 1623 at 18:00

RN The Lady \Mary/ Hartop cōpl of her miserab estate splene mother back stomack liver & cā take no rest nor walk May 23. h. 6. p m 1623.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 112r (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE74322: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Creake (PERSON47267)

Question asked by the patient on 14 April 1632 at 11:00

RN Agnys Creake. of Hardmead 42 y Ap 14 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1632

wheathr good for the lightnes of her to bleed in the bu{illeg} & arme head vay{ne}

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 80 (upper left part of page)

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CASE24160: Horary consultation concerning Goody Panther (PERSON33948)

Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1614 at 10:30

RN Goody Punther of Stonystratford 30 y Decēb. 10 h {sic} hor 10. 30 ant m. 1614

vndr her breast & left syde

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 133r (upper right part of page)

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CASE31611: Horary consultation concerning Goody Sharpe (PERSON25327)

Question asked by the patient on 8 June 1607 at 16:25

RN Goody Sharpe of Olnye 47 y Iune 8 h. 4. 25 p m 1607. hed necke / wheathr good to let blood.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 211v (upper left part of page)

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CASE44934: Horary consultation concerning Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1617 at 10:30

RN The lady Boteler for {the} mother may 17 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m. 1617

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 162v (upper right part of page)

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CASE72793: Horary consultation concerning John Stacy (PERSON59446)

Question asked by the patient on 27 August 1631 at 14:00

RN Iohn Stachy the father 52 y Aug. 27. h {sic} hor 2. p m 1631

still in his bones

wheathr he is to be let blood

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 212, p. 111 (middle left part of page)

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CASE36498: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Turvey (PERSON25835)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1609 at 08:30

RN Mr Turveys \of Wicken/ vomyt gave him eight reasonable grat vomits. his purge gave him 6 stooles on vomyt & aftr his vomyt some 3 stooles more more bound after his physick hath bene let blood. & it was very blue full of melancholy blood sinc his letting blood his wynd collicke \in his/ backe & syde mutch eased. & nowe cōplayneth as before wth a rūning humour in his feete & desyres when tyme shall serve to blede them.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 153r (upper left part of page)

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CASE11250: Horary consultation concerning William Overen (PERSON14589)

Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1600 at 15:45

RN Will: Overen dolore Capitis Sept 5. die h. 3. 45. p m 1600 |vtrū sanguis sit mittend|

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 170v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE59898: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Bletsoe (PERSON44283)

Question asked by Mr Thomas Bletsoe (PERSON44282) on 10 March 1625 at 12:30

RN Mr {illeg}|B|letsoe of Rusdon \ vxore vtrū sit gravida/ 22. y. . h. 12. 30 p |m| 1625. /terms stopt about miklemas milke in her breast water & milke.\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1quærit etiā an vtile sit ei sang miniere {sic}.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 7v (upper right part of page)

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CASE79474: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Cotta (PERSON47019)

Question asked by the patient on 22 August 1635 at 10:00

SRN Mrs Cotta of Coventry 40. y. August 22. . h. 10. a. m. 1635.

[Astrological Chart]

Subject to bleeding, hath a burneinge in the insides of her hands & the Soles of her feete. desires my aduise whether it be good for to bleed either by Leeches or in her feete.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 236v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE72336: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Judith Chester (PERSON46005)

Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1631 at 07:00

RN Mres Chester of Tylswort Mr Henry Chesters wife 24 y Iune 14. h. 7 ant m. 163i

[Astrological Chart]

terms stopt sinc christas her left leg swelled hot.1

my pultish made it to blyster. & she applyed Cowe Dung & butter to it

Toke my Dyet Drink & it wroght well for 5 days & abated the swelling & sinc it is cōme agayne |imputeth her swelling to the stopping of her terms|

would know wheathr good to bleed & in what places.

desyreth to have a good purg. /wth a fulnes of her stomack.\

Notes:

1 ‘her left leg swelled’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 422 (upper left part of page)

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CASE27272: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON21336)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1606 at 18:00

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise wth a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheathr good to let him blood.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 126v (upper left part of page)

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CASE17208: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Barthrum (PERSON9513)

Question asked by the patient on 12 June 1602 at 11:15

RN Elis Bartrom 54 y Iune 12 hor. 11. 15. wheathr {sic} ant m 1602. wh good to let blood in her armes for an ache.

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 221, f. 89v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE72599: Horary consultation concerning Mr Reynolds (PERSON57500)

Question asked by the patient on 23 July 1631 at 15:00

RN Mr Reanolds \a gentl wth mr Towers/ came to me Iuly 23. h {sic} hor 3 p m. 1631 Cordis palpitatio{ne} et Iecor

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 55 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE75409: Horary consultation concerning Ellen Routh (PERSON57951)

Question asked by the patient on 8 September 1632 at 11:00

RN Ellen Routh of Dunstable 47 y Sept 8 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1632.

a gydines in her head1

[Astrological Chart]

quærit vtrū gravida or where she may be let blood

Notes:

1 ‘a swying in her head’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 414 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE13533: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1598 at 17:00

RN |Thomas Rive| Goodma Rive quærit an sit sanguis emittendus. 1598. hor post m. 5. die |Iulij 9.| for a peane in his left side & necke. in his stomack & chest.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 204v (upper part of page)

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CASE59645: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnesey (PERSON43595)

Question asked by the patient on 15 January 1625 at 15:00 or at 15:15

RN Thomas Barnesey of P|S|teppo{illeg}|n|. 72 y Ian 15 h {sic} hor. 3. p m 1625.

had the palsye but not now & hath lost the vse of boath armes of a red & highe cōplexion

would knowe wheathr good to let blood 4 or 5 ounces hath a short ptysicke.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Thomas Barnesye of Steaphington 72 y Ian. 15 h {sic} hor 3. 15 p m 1625 |a very leane mā|

wheathr good to let blood hath no vse of his arme a palsy 6 weekes

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, ff. 141v-142r (f. 141v upper right, and f. 142r bottom left)

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CASE37902: Horary consultation concerning Susan Parkes (PERSON14658)

Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1611 at 07:45

RN Susan Parkes of Broughton. 19 y. Apr. 23 h. 7. 45. ant m 1611.

had an Ague 2 yers a goe & had an Ague fell into her legs. would know {illeg}|w|heathr it be good to be purged and to be let blood.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 66r (upper right part of page)

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CASE39615: Horary consultation concerning Mary Meary (PERSON33177)

Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1612 at 09:20

RN Mary Meary of Bedford 29 y Ap. 13. h. 9. 20 ant m 1612          boath legs swelled |her legs swell asketh wheathr good to let her blood|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 409, f. 54v (bottom left, and bottom right parts 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?f7-number-of-practitioners=Single%20practitioner;f8-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body;f9-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3AWhether%20to%20be%20let%20blood, accessed 2 October 2024.