Casebooks

RN M^r \Will/ Bryars certifyed me y^t his purg his dyet drink is all taken & hath wrought very kindly w^th him yet his soure humour still falleth downe into his leg hindering the sealing therof May 24 ♃ h. 10 ant m 162i |courpulent & sanguyne of Pulluxhill|

RN I receaved a lett^r from mres francis fortiskue novēb. 7. ♃ 8 ant m 16i6 she telleth me y^t is 3 weekes \come satterday./ sinc y^t she had her fit. {w}{illeg}d

her hed seetheeth {sic} but mutch better. god be thanked her pils worke at each tyme twice taken 12 tymes

RN M^r Anthony Chester tooke his vomite gave him but on vomit. Apr & six \large/ stooles Apr 6 7. ♂ h 2. 28 p m 1607.

hed never the better.

RN The lady Tringhā novēb. 17 ♃ h. 5. 20 p m 163i

for the wyndynes of her belly

Mes Anne Tyringhā had 57 occas. w^th vomyt & purg & besydes 8 occas. by her pils taken to day hath a clyn|t|ching of her teeth & cānot open her teeth nor speake for halfe an houre.

RN M^r Furthoe 58 y novēb 16 ♂ h. 11. 30 ant m 16i9

his leg is well healed by M^r Dove & the tormt of the crāp is well driven away.

he would recoav^r the vse of his mortifyed limbs.

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 w^th a rūning humour in his feete & desyres when tyme shall serve to blede them.

RN M^r francis Combes M^r {sic} Apr 1. ☾ h. 5 p. m 16i6 cā abyde no wet nor wynd. eys bad dersyreth a direction in writing

his physick w^ch I sent him did him no good.

M^res Mary Combes. tooke her physick it did her some good but now her other cheeke is swelled. vryne good

RN M^r Hales the Earlle of Kents baylye Ian 26 ☿ h. 11 15 ant m 1625. /had a vomyt & a purge of me\ head litle mended 49. y. yet pils he took of M^r Windg every night paynd in his head about seaven

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify y^t after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. ♀ h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to M^r Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

RN Th: Barly of Carington Cotton 8 y I had the palsy his speach & lims neare gone was sinc 3 weekes alhalloutyde soe ill came to me in Christmas holly days last & by gods spec: grace & my oyles mended yet his left hand hath litle feeling

RN I receaved a letter frō S^r Anthony Tyrringhā march 14 ☉ h. 2. 30 p m 1613.

y^t hearing I am ill I should not Disease my selfe although willing to see me./ mendeth but slowly hed & stomacke./

RN mres \Eliz./ Norton of Offley 22 y \18 y/ Ap 21. ☾. h. 11. ant m 1617 well amended god be thanked of her greevous fits yet hath every day the hed ach lasting 2 houres betwixt 3 & 4 after noone/

RN M^r Henry Hanson sent vnto me Apr. 6. ☾ h. 1|3|. 12. 1607 to signify that his wife cā have no remedy for her tooth ach & that her pils wrought extremely as if shee should dye w^th them.

RN Mres Gray of Hincksworth. 56 y march 7 ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1622.

is was mended of her leg & the swelling but then her head & eys were ill but sinc of late it brake agayne is p^rty well amended her leg i {sic} Issueth blod & hath always so done. |x y sinc had a bloody water./|

would know wheath^r the humour be hot.

And wheath^r an Issue will doe her serv. \nell/ good & when. craveth no physick but m|b|y ridgmont.

RN Lewis vpowen of Bric{k}|h|ill sick in his navell sent to me againe for former phisick did but give him 3 stooles and all Downeward. Apr 26. die ♃ h. 11. ant m 1599. water i{illeg}|ve|ry red & thick leeke puddle miserablely tormented. 1599

RN Avys Bradbery was p^rtely mended w^th her playster. & after the playster it went downe into her legs & instep & now is sick at harte Iuly 25. 1611 h. 9 ant m 1611.

RW A Childe of Cranfeilde y: 1. d. ☾ h. 4. post merid. Ap may. 1. 1615. voyded iij wormes vpward & iij downeward: he belly swelled & {illeg} The Child was brought in p^rsence. was much altered wheras before it was of a sanguine complection: it was now very bleake & wan.

RN Mres Elis Throckmorton. sent me a letter to certify me y^t her physick wrought very well & y^t her stomacke is freed frō Her old payne & y^t she hath & doth vse good exercise yet not w^thstanding looketh pale / Octob. 9. ☾ h. 10. ant m. 16i5

RN Marg: Cooke of Cosgrave Ap: 18. ☿ {illeg} 4. 30. p. m |46. y| hart & backe & forceth her selfe to cast & was 12 weekes well. & now as mutch. gnawen as ever before

would be let blood fyndeth no good in physick haven taken it 6 tyms

her S ♃ did her good god be thanked for 10 weekes./

RN Mres Margaret Noone a londyner y^t came vnto me w^th M^r Iohn lanckford sent me word y^t her 2 clysters wrought but litle but y^t her dyet drinke did worke well & did her some good for her cold stomack. but y^t her flushing in her face cōtinueth still. as also her swelling espec on the right syde of her bellye craveth my furth^r helpe. Sept 5. ♂ h. 12. 1609