Casebooks

SRN The old Lady Temple of Darsett 66. y. March. 29. ♂. h. 3. p. m. 1636.

The pills j sent her did worke very well & did her very much good.

Is now short wynded & much hoven in y^e stomacke & weake in her knees & A{illeg}k|nc|kles, as she was then

hath at this tyme a great hoarsenes & straytnes in her throate. desires the note of y^e Dyet drinke. & pills.

RN My Cosen M^r Rich: Wright of Southworke sent me 2 litle firkings & ba\r/lis on full of blue \ordinary/ figs thoth^r of reasons of the sonne. feb 21 ♃ 1633

he wrote y^t his wife my neece Clare is sorely troubled w^th a rising vp to her throate ready to stop her wynd & is payned in her hips & knees & was frighted w^th the sight of that fearfull fire

RN Ioane Bradbery of great Horwood 42 y taken strangly in her right hucklebone w^th great ach about thigh & share pulling her in peeces cānot stand vppon it nothing to be sene taken Octob. 3. ☉ h. 5. 20 p m 1630

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 M^r Charlet of great Brickhill. 46 y march. 3. Hands breake out

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 Em Goodmā onc Dwelled w^th M^r vuedale Ap. 19 ☾ h. 2. 40 p {m} 1630 ||her lips| noli me tangere|

M^r Travell taketh

RN Mathew \Nash/ Prestmā M^r p^rstmans Daughter. \of newp/ 18 y March. 15. ♃. h 9 30 ant m 1632 /maryed great w^th child looketh at whitsontyde\¹

RN S^r Th Williams sent me a letter for his daughters coming march. 19. ☾ h. 1 p m. 1632. \is {come} to towne/ /head & stomack\

RN M^r Potter of newp 47 y Ap 11 ☿ h. 11. ant m 1632 head & chest.

RN Elis: Smalbones of Bedbee by Dentry 50 y may 8. ♂ h 12. 30 p m 1632 /left syde mother rising\

RN M^r Th. marsh of milton Harnest 21 y. Iune 3. ☉ h. 6. 45 ant m 1632 |head & all his body.|

RN Robert: Hooton of Stoakegolden 27 y novēb. 9 h {sic} hor 11. 15 ant m 1633. head & chest

TG iohn Gurny of Aushwi{illeg} 10 y jan. 28 ♂ h. 3. 30. p {M} 1634. Erys{illeg}|i|pelas in digito {illeg} maximo. with ext{illeg} & rednes, without {illeg}

TG Thomas Freelove of Neoport. 22|3| y. Febr. 6 ♃ hor. 9. 30. Mat. 1634. complaineth of his legg & cheste running up & downe.

RN Thomas Smyth a boy tongue tyed twice or thrice cut: cānot speake

francis Erpe his mother an ach in her back going into her belly & casteth cleere water onc or twice a day & at other tyms

TG Krisel stone of shendly 25 y. April {illeg}|9| ☿ h. 12 mer. 1634. hath beene maried about two ye{ares} had not her courses since Christm{esse} hath a paine in her backe & leggs, stomacke full of water & winde, w{orse} after meat. Utrum sit gravida

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected¹

Alooes mxed {sic} w^th rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg w^th nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

RN Williā Dymmingsdale of Hutchin 58 y may 25 h {sic} hor 9 30 ant m. 1633.

Tooke a surfet a cough cānot eate nor drink but is sick after meate vntill it hath made him to cast it swelled in his belly almost every night /his thigh was broken\

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.