Casebooks

RN Iohn Burton of Cosgrave for his disease a boy of 9 yeres old kept his bed ever sinc tuesday. voyded wormes payned in chest belly & hart a stitch vnd^r his right \side/ a very hie coloured youth w^th the vexation y^t was pale before. all swollen frō the face to the granes. made no water sinc thursday. at 25 of March. die ☉ h. 6: 8. p. m 1599

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 ♂ h 6 p m 1628.

RN Williā Stoary of S^t Albions 12 y the 30 of August next twixt 6 & 7 in y^e morning at Saraz{ings} head about Easter was 12 monthe may 25. ♂ h 6 20 a|p| m 1630.

her mayd cōtinth {sic} Lame & hath spots about her thighs & Knees.

his legs

the child cōplayneth of his loynes& legs & of a payne of his Left syde & also hath a dry cough.

wheath^r fit to make an issue Is lame & goeth w^th payne

was p^rty well sinc Easter was a twelfmonth when & where.

will. Stoary 12 y may 25 ♂ h. 6. 30 p m 1630

Lame in his loyns Legs & left syde payned

There mayden y^t was Lame. Marg. Wynne at the same tyme.

RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Ian 4 die Ian. {sic} 5. die ♀ h. 3. in aur. very evill handled w^th sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise w^th a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheath^r good to let him blood.

RN M^res Pedder for her husb. plexed w^th greefe for certen writings cōmitted to M^r Nichols sonne & cānot sleepe to crave my counsell feb 12 h {sic} hor 6 p m 1620¹

RN Henry Parken of Tempsford 3 24 y a batcheler. Sept 2|3|. ♀ hor 6. 30 p m 1602. head chest & backe bound in y^e body mutch fleme dym eys Dull in hearing.

RN My Cosen Tyrlington sent me 12 rings cost 18^s 6^d Iuly 3 ♃ h. 6. p. m. 1628

sayth his wife is inwardly very hot, but cold outwardly faynt weake wasteth in her body weak in her back feareth y^t shd shall not live longe & hopeth to see me/

RN Goodmā Blundell. Iune 19 die ♃ h. 6. 45 p m. 1600  colica payne in feete back belly.

RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die ♀ h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.

RN Lewis Vppne 42. for {sic} in litle Brickwill. servant to M^r Fisher for an extreme payne about his navell y^t so payneth him y^t he can tak noe rest & four can scarc hold him down he casteth all vp & nothing will goe downward. very Costive & full of wind at the very navell. casteth vp his meate. Ap. 23. die ☾ h. 6. 15. p m. 1599. twice maried.

RN Will. Rogars \of hellington. & {s}{illeg}{le} l{a}d/ of Stock Hamon 20 yeres old troubled w^th fansies & his mind troubled w^th the Devill this 2 or 3 yeres but now very mutch Ap. 25. die ☿. h. 6. p m. 1599.¹

GJ Elisabeth Evington lond: 20 y. May 11 ☾ ho: 6. p. m. 1607

Quærit quid salutare sit capiti eius, and the flushing of her face et pro menstruis

RN M^r Iermyn sent me the butler of Corpus chri colledg. who is foolish by fits & vseth often to laugh & smyle Iuly 31. h {sic} hor. 6. 15 p m 1619 /at this tyme the M^r Iermyn\

M^r Iermyn sent me a letter in the behalfe of sottish mā Butler of Corpꝯ chri colledg & I saw the ty at this tyme. This mā hath \bene/ at some seasons of the yeare distempered in his braynes.

RN My Cosen Warren mutch distempered w{^th} a cough & a bur{ning} feaver. Aug 28 ☿ {h} 6 p m 1623

RN M|Th|e {sic} The lady Dimock of th by Charing Crosse Iuly 29 ♃ h. 6 30 p m 1624

Is faynt w^th purging & y^t w^ch cometh is as black as Inke cr|w|onderfully suaded that I shall doe her good craveth ny {sic} prayers & astrolog observ in the giving of my physick |feeleth my elect over hot|

RN The lady Dorothy Ienins of the Str{and} for her Dropsy & scurvy |& a great co{ugh} y^t troubleth her very mutch|

& her Daughters eyes Ian. 12 ♃ {h} 6. 20 p m 163{2}

RN quæro morbū morbi causā. an evadet nec ne

RN M^r kinge m^r whaly & the rest of the lecturers of Toceter sente vnto me that I would come over to see M^r Iansone a minister y^t is {sic} lyeth as it were in a despayre & cannot be comforted. by a letter Octob. 10 die ♄ hor. 6. 30 p m. 160i quæro vtru sit pos morbꝯ eius sit curabilis nec ne. freneticꝯ. desperabundus.