Casebooks

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.\

SRN Fayth Sage of High Lauer for a litenes in her head. & a papue in her Teeth & a trembling at her heart.

her Husband was taken with a payne in her|is| backe that he can hardly goe./.

TG Ann{illeg}|e| Barrage of stonystreetford 28. y. 7br. 27 h. 10. A m. 1634. stuffed & pained in her chest, sides, & backe, is worse by fits, paroxysmꝯ hysterici.

RW Rich: Wells of Woodhill y. 3. d. ♃ h: 1. p: m: Feb: 24. 1620. much payned in the belly, loose bodyed. belly swelleth sometimes: & sometimes in the fit the \priuie/ members are drawne vp into the bodie.

SRN Margaret Chamberten of S^t needs in Huntington sheire 60. y. August 10. h. 11. a. m. 1635

a Cough of the Lungs is very hott & troubled with the hart Burneinge. her wynd many tymes ready to be stopt.

SRN Martha Harper servant to my sister Kate Tyringhā Octob. 29. ☿ h. 4. 40. \30./ p. m. 1634.

A fullnes in her stomacke & a payne at h er heart, a great trembling vpon any discontent at her heart At this tyme she brought her water to me./.

Dorothy Harrison of Cranfeild 24. y. Decemb. 19. ☾. h. 1. 50. p m. 1631.

much troubled w^th her back. cannot sleepe well, is taken w^th a great paine in her right side, w^ch w^th coughinge strikes vp to her eyes. hath beene thus troubled neare 4. y. but more nowe this winter then before. her yongest Childe 4. y. olde. desireth to know whether she bee w^th Childe or not

GJ Dorothy Piggott of Lenborough 22 y. almost a yeere maried Faynt and weake a payne in her backe and rising in her stomack

quærit vtꝝ sit gravida

RW Tho: Warde of Turringhā y. 24. d. ♄ ho. 0. 10. Feb: 26 1620. A stick in his right side & a drie huskeish cough: \p {sic}/ pitteth blood when hee cougheth.

RW M^ris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: w^ch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie

SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. ♀ h. 10. a. m. 1635

Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body

\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday y^t it lightend & thunde{red} so much.

it first tooke her w^th sorenes in her throate

body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.

GJ Margaret Hooke of Stonistratfor{d} 60 y. Aug 18. ho. 1. 30. p m A payne in her backe and at her hart Comes like a stitch Cannot sleepe. / vide Iulij 28

M^rs. Ibbs of Olde in Northampton sh. 66. y. Febr. 23. ♂. h. 1. 40. p. m. 1630

much pained in her Belly, 7 or 8 weekes a very bad stomack, better sometimes, then at other times, worse at nights then dayes, {on} hath many occasions to goe to y^e stoole but can void little or noethinge

Iohn Hitchcock of Turuuye. 40. y. Mar. 11. ♃. h. 1. 30. p. m. 1630 much pained in chest & belly w^th a gripeinge as a winde

GJ Ellen Weed of Brafield on the greene 40 y. maried Sept. 2j ☿ ho. 1. 45 p m Hath bene ill these ij yeers sicke in her stomacke and paynfull in her body her body heaves sometyms as if she were w^th Child and falles agayne

GJ Robert Russell of great Brickhi{ll} 35 y. Decemb. 4 ♂ ho. 8. 20 a m 1604

A payne at his hart and stomake liver and longꝭ shortwynded some part of his stoole very hard & some t loose.

RW Iames West of Banbury {y}. 45. d. ♂ h: 6. ant: merid: {S}ept: 25. 1621. extreamely {to}rtured in his backe, belly & {sid}es with paine. his stomacke {ve}rie hot & windie

RW M^r Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

GJ Mary Gilbert of Broughton 23 y maried 3 y. never had Children May 9. ☾ ho 8 a m. 1603

She lay speechles 24 houres |last week| very weake keepes her bed a thicke high coloured water Her belly swelled thinkes her self to be w^th Child