Casebooks

RN my mayd lettice may 2 ☉ h. 5. 40 b{i} ant m 1630

had a vomyte yest craved a nother for her stomack is nutch {sic} oppressed hath thē well

RN S^r Thomas desyreth a dyet drinke for the rectifying of his liv^r this spring march. 5. ☾ h. 5. 20 p m 1632

M^r Edmund Vaghan of C. C. C. Oxon. Apr. 11. ☿. h. 9. p m. 1632

Hee tooke not the vomite y^t was sent. 1 because hee is very vnapt to vomite; 2 because his neck is longe & brest somewhat straite; 3 because vomiteinge once by chance by reason of Tobacco blowne into his mouth it brought vp Bloud w^th it, & hath beene y^e cause of all his infirmity. 4 hee suspecteth his Lunges, for w^ch hee thinkes vomiteing is very hurtfull.

Took his purge w^ch gaue him 12 occasions. Hee desireth a Course to bee vsed for his Brest & Lunges.

The Lady Naper of Luton Hoe 84. y Apr. 8. ♃. h. 4. 15. p. m. 1630

hath the Goute swellinge her hande, & is runninge into her foote, desires a Poultish

desires a playster of Onecrociū.

RN Mres Chester of Tylswort M^r Henry Chesters wife 24 y Iune 14. ♂ h. 7 ant m. 163i

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 wheath^r good to bleed & in what places.

desyreth to have a good purg. /w^th a fulnes of her stomack.\

RN Mres Katherin Tyringhā 24 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 4. p m 1630

stopt about her chest desyrous of a vomyte

TG M^r Richard Torvy of Coverton 52 y. Apr. 8 ♂ h. 1 p m. 1634.

had a vomite which he tooke on sunday, but bracht vp very litle & some bitter stuffe lieth still in his stomake, & item had a syrup.

Desireth noe phisick but somewhat to procure him sleepe.

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21. ♄ {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs w^ch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

RN The lady Bret was let blood & tooke her vomyt {wch} {sic} gave her 3 vomyts & 12 stooles & M^r Wallys gave her a sleeping pill & after her awaking is sick & so also after meate

& cā not take any thing but it cometh vp & now is so weake as she is forced to keepe her bed Continually may 25 ♂ h 11. 50 p|a|nt m 1630.

Clysters & Cooling almond milkes her vryne thick & red desyreth another playster of {opicacū} for the splene

TG Goody Pinion of stony streetford 46 y. 7bris 27 ♄     1634.

is with child, hath great paine in her limmes & leggs. desireth an ointment.

RN my Lord fynding him selfe ill at hart sent to me for a Cordiall may. 27 ♃ h. 5. p m 1630

At this he craved a Cordiall./

RN S^r Iames Evington march 19 ♀ h. 5. 30 p m 1630 red spots all over

1 Cravet{h}|h| a dyet Drinke /of Offord\

2 an oyntment.

3 \3 an Issue this springe in his arme/ he sent me satten to make

RN S^r Walter Leach. of Cadley. for his wife novēb 8 ♃ h 7 p m 1632. boath at Cadley hath a fulnes at her stomack & a litle oppression at her hart & a kind of heaving vnderneath it craveth my helpe

RN Mres Bridget would intreat you to send her somthing for her black spots in her face but no physick

RN Mres Hanslop y^t lay here sent to me y^t she fyndeth litle ease in her head though y^t the Issue doe run well. |of Tharpe in warrick shere 26 y. May 5 ♂ h. 6 30 p m 1630|

would have me to send her something

RN Martha farren of Ashton 46 \35 y/ Decēb. 5 ☾ h. 3. p m 163i a payne in her head rhematick had blyst in her legs Did her no good

|desyreth| Confortable lozeng for her stomack

3 a playster for her neck.

a Cupping glas for her necke/

SRN Elisabeth Studhall of Gilden Morton 55. y. eod. tem

Complaynes of a payne & riseing vp to her stomack was wont to Cast & found ease when she had vomited vp the water frō her stomack

desires t she had a vomit w^ch did her very much good. yet does not desire to take any vomit but some Comfortable thing

M^rs. Norwood sent her Lady Letter for the Lady Dunsmores Daughter. Oct. 18 ♀. h. 12. 15. pm. 1633

RN ha\r/d to vomyt vppō any occasion D Gifford & d^r Cadymā her former physitions for the greene sicknes after the {sic} had made triall of of {sic} vomyts & saw how vntowardly it wrought followed some other course/

desyreth vomyt purg rath^r then vomyts to clense her hot & drye stomack.

RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled w^th a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 ☿ h. 1. p m 1632

desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.

SRN M^rs. Cotta of Coventrey. sent her ler Novemƀ. 14. ♄ h. 10. a. m. 1635.

The vomitt did worke, vpward & 5 tymes downeward. the pills wrought well & she was let blood arme & Foote:

hath not had y^em since March Last, now finds her Liuer distemperd & a payne there. desires the opening drinke or the receipt