Casebooks

RN francis Crowder a wench of Stony stratford 3 y march. 28. {illeg} ♄ 11 50 ant m 1607 burneth chest ill.

RN Ellen Tontill of woodford 26 y Iuly 3. ♂ h. 9 ant m. 1627. was well delivered & a weeke after backe burneth & her chest swelleth.

RN Elis Dent of Olnye 26 y Iune 19 ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m. 162i a great heate in her body chest & bellye.

RN Iohn fleete of Singleborowe ab 54. for his speach & the hoarsnes therof. when he is thorowe hot. his spittle hot & salt & sower. some times in his Chest & hed & minde w^th crosses. Apr. 21 die ♄ h. 1. 30. p m. p m. {sic} 1599. w^th losse of frends & breakes of covenantꝭ w^th his wifes frinds greeve not.

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but y^t god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall w^th it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day y^t maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porreng^r of clompered bloode/

RN Raynold Davyes broth^rs {sic} wife very sick w^th a cold taken vppon a heate in his brest stomack hed. & belly cannot sleepe Easter dy {sic} Apr. 8 die ☉ h. 6. 45. ant m 1599.

RN Elisabeth Tomkine of Shippen 24. maried. her Child almost 3 quarters old. a great rising in her Chest: begining at {sic} th beneath the wast ready to stop her winde lyeth in the hollowe of the throate & cometh vp very hoate

RN An Southā of Croaton 33 y Iuly 3 ☉ h. 1. 39 p m 1625 was onc troubled w^th mopishnes a yere sinc & stayd in o^r towne 3 weeks & tooke physick may {sic} tyms before y^t she came to the towne & mended & was well god be thancked.

now cane {sic} agayn her selfe & cōplayned of a great heate all over her body brayne hot bac{ke}|ke| the right syde & chest.

RN Marten Purrier. 18 yeres at Astwood troubled in his chest legs swell every yere at winter. a redy faced youth. Marche 3. die ♄. h. 5. 45 50. \p mer/. 1599 breaketh out in his face w^th a great heate. water very good

RN Will Young of Illing beyond S^t yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 ♂ h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before S^t Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by w^th mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold w^th a nūmnes in his legs y^t 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 y^t he cā scarce get his cleathes togeath^r by fits his legs

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 p^rsent 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

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.