Casebooks

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.

RN Goodman \Edward/ Banes of Newport 52. for a payne & ache in his knees & to his back & so to his head & the flesh about the knees is cōsumed. hot ther{s}about but cold in his feete & & benūmed about his thighes & hath scarc any feele in them. not able to goe. lyeth about the sinewes veines & hām strings & not in the flesh. the 20 of March. die ♃ h. 12. 20/ 1600

RN Ap. 26. die ♃. Richard fielde 53. troubled in his backe & stomack sometimes his meate will not Dig {sic} digest hath a reume troubling his head & his sinews sinewes {sic} of his neck c{ra}ck w^th it. Ap. 26. die ♃ h 8. 1599 ant m. this 20 yeres.

RN Iames flavell of layton bussard 56 y. Deceb. 17 \10/ ♃ hor 3: p hor 4. p m. 160i sodenly taken in his cheeke l {sic} armes legs & hands {illeg} {sic} at his Dore benum̄ed & hath no feele in them nor cānot sit vp. nor any take any rest.

Michael Paradice of Potterne in Wiltshire 56. y. Apr. 30. ♀. h. 5. 45. p m. 1630

A Great winde runinge vp & downe sometimes betweene the Skin, sometimes in all places of the Body, sometimes in y^e heade & sometimes swellinge downe into the twist & into the Codds, as yf hee were bursten, a great rumblinge & noise in the gutts, & is worst at the full of the Moone: many Phisitians haue tryed but none could doe him good y^e winde is soe stronge, & p^rualent. hee desireth Counsell & helpe yf God bee soe pleased.

RN mich Paradyse.

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|¹

RN M^r Phylips 53 y Ap 3. ♀ h. 11 ant m 1618. lims hed gross bodyed eys red

RN Th. Bagley of Newp 50. y. mayed {sic} Ap. 13 ♀ h. 10. ant m. 1627 /taken a weddens was senet at none in his teeth hed & face\

RN Iohn Phylip of Bletchly 50 mendeth not after his phisick y^t I gave him for it wrought w^th him but a litle cōplayneth still of his body & hart die ♂ Decemb 4|5| die ♂ h. 11. ant m. 1598. 11. 30. m.

RN Rich. Burten of Olny payned in his hed & {sic} but specially in his armes w^th a pricking 20 feb. die ♂ h. 1. 15. 1598|9|. armes & neck & shoulders best in faire weathr {sic}.

RN Iohn Tisam Tiso. \of Kempsō./ almost 60 y. troubled w^th a great his payne s {sic} in his head w^th a shooting: & a swelling in his legs & nose w^th an it|n|tollerab: shooting & a horrib. deadly payne in his teethe. septemb. 20. die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 11. 45. ant m. 1599.

RN Williā Bale 50 y of Woburne Apr 25. ♂ hor 1. p m. 1603.

hed & stomacke

RN David Iaunson of bedford. 57. y. martij 7. ☾ hor. 11|2| 54 ant m 1603.¹

RN Thomas Drawater 50 nov. 4 ♀ hor. 9. 38 ant m. 1603

for his harte & backe

RN Edmund Lane of lawnden 54 y maried Ian 4 ☿ hor. 12. 40 p m 1603|4|.

not sicke but rūneth vp & downe his should backe

RN M^r Blundell of our towne for his chest & pit of his stomacke at the same tyme.

RN Goodma Blundell 50. Ap. 25 die ♄ hor 2. 40 p m. 160i

head & stomacke.

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete w^th a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon S^t Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die ♄ hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aft^r noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

he was blasted in a garden.¹

RN Tho: Boughton. 50 y. Iuly. 6 die ☾ hor. 7. 50. ant m. 160i for his head & belly

RN Thomas Davy of Marston 53 y febr 4 ♃ hor 10. 53. ant m 1602.¹