Casebooks

SRN For the Lady Magdalen Egerton May 13. ☾. 1633.

Pills of Rud. ℈ij Aloes ℈j Salis gem. gr. iiij./ ℥iiij in all.

For a Decoction.

℞ Sene ℥iß Turb. ℥iß Agarick Me{choii}. Rhab an ʒvj. Myrab. cheb. crit. an ℥j. Hermod. ℥ij. Licoras Anys. an ℥jß in 6. pints of water & 2 pints of white wyne to Halfe Colatr. ℥iiij Syr. de 5 rad. & ros. an. ℥ij.

Clysters

The dyet drink to be brued in C{ang}. v. of Ale wort.

Sene ℥vj rhab. Agar. turb. an. ℥iß Calam. Aromat. sassaf. Sarsap. an. ℥ij. Licoras sen. Anglj. an. ℥iiij. cinamom. nuttmeg an. ℥ß citr. Lem̄on pils. an. ʒij sant. albj & Citr. an ʒij.

for Vomitts

Elect. ♂. gr. iiijß some 8 sutch.

Blystering playsters for 4 tymes.

Clysters

40 Leaches. for sundry tymes.

For the \Lady/ Alice Egerton her vomits

Elect. ♂ gr. ijß. 6 dosis.

her pills

℞ pil Splen. ʒß salis ge{m}{m} gr. iiij.

for 8 tymes.

GJ 1603 Febr. 24 ♃ ho. 7. 45 a m. D. R S. fectus went to m^rs Farmer of Burcot

GJ Elsabeth Knight of Sheringten half a yeere olde in p^rsence Febr. 24 ♃ ho 12 in mer

the mouth runnes w^th water. And is very white w^thin. the tongue white

Borne the friday before michaelmas at 12 at night

GJ Anne Britten of Newport 28 y. 3 y maried. March 12. ♄ ho. 4. 45 p m 1603 RN /in p^rsentia.\ GJ

GJ She came her self the same day ho. 3. 15 p m

GJ Elsabeth Launce of Clyfton raynes 56 y. April. 16 ♄ ho. 6. 30 a m. 1603

GJ Quær. vtꝝ sit gravid

GJ M^r Porter brought a gentle womans water Maij 13 ♀ ho 6. 45 a m. 1603 q. an sit gravida

GJ Mathew Windmill of this towne Came for his wyfe Iuly. 9 ♄ ho. 6. 45 a m. 1603

GJ Quærit^r vtꝝ habeat variolas

GJ Frauncis Fowler of this towne 22 y. Iuly 16 ♄ ho 7. 15 a m. 1603

She brought her water w^ch was very pale Cleere and somewhat greenish.

vide Iuly 15

GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 23|4| y August 1. ☾ ho 12 15 p. m. 1603

Light headed laug{illeg}|h|es, but at first tooke it w^th a weeping lookꝭ ghastly. \a/ fleering lookꝭ settꝭ her teeth. one night did nothing but sweare and curse /

Sibill Fisher she knowes not of her husbandꝭ cōming for her, knowes nobody they bynde her handꝭ and feete. when she is loose she is so strong that they cannot Deale w^th her. singꝭ idle songꝭ. Desyres to daunce. She had 2 midwives the first vnskilfull the 2 froward & would not meddle w^th her because she was not first sent her, suspected to be a witche, the woman well layd but a weeke after fell into these fittꝭ & at first speaking of her 2 midwyfe sayd. what doest thou there w^th thy blacke hen. & such like speeches

Tab j.

GJ She brought her water Febr: 15 ☿ ho 7. a m. 1604

GJ Kath: Blundell of this town Iune 28 ♃ ho. 6. 30 p. m. 1604 she came for some pills

GJ Cecily Alcocke of Hansloppe 53. y. Decemb. 30 ho. 11 a m.

GJ M^r Thomas Troughton Came Septemb. 28 ♀ ho. 12. in m. to have yo^r advise for his mother her physicke wrought exceedingly and stayed not

RW Hugh Quicke of Clifton r{a}{i}{g}nes came w^th his wife, who was much trou{ble}{d} in minde & often times tempted (shee sayd) w^th an e{u}ill spirite to doe her selfe a misc{h}eife./ shee suspected a man & his wife in that {to}{wne}./ & when she{illeg} came home from mee she{illeg} tould her neighbours that I shewed her that {monster} in a glasse. but shee lyed./ d. ♂ h: 10. ant: {m}: Feb: 21. 1615. they came vnto me./

RW Goodwife Denton of this towne great Linford, began to labour w^th childe March the 5. hor: 7. ant: merid: 1615

Goodwife Smithe came vnto me for somethinge for this womon to {illeg}|h|asten her deliuery, who had beene in labour from that time march the 5, vnto the next day, March the 6. hor: 10. ant: merid: at w^ch time shee came vnto mee, & I sent by her; Boracis ℈i Aristolochia r{illeg}d: ʒi. myrrhæ ℈i: dict: cret: ℈i croci gr: 8. cinnam: {myr{illeg}|i|gst}: on: ℈i. in aq. mugw: ℥{illeg}|{illeg}|4.

RW The Figure for that time when goodwife Smithe came vnto me. March. 6.

SRN M^rs Mary Pen of stony strattford 18. y. Decemb. 28. ♃ h. 10. 30 a. m. 1637.