Casebooks

TG Sara Bishop of tringe Annos 31. calebs melancholica, dolore capitis cervicis, lateris dextri et stomachi adeo mentis gravedine vexata

GJ Susan Read of Chicheley 31 y. Iuly 9 ♄ ho 3. 10 p. m. 1603

A great pulling in her belly pitt of her stomacke and back non habet menstrua.

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

D^r Astly warden of Alsoules Colledge in Oxford 63. y. Apr. 13. 1. 20. ☾. p. m. 1629

1 Had a colde & an extreame Cough a weeke afore shouetyde {sic} w^ch did much shake & macerate his Body & was freed both of colde & Cough w^thin 3 weekes after. findes a defect in his digestion, in the liuer as hee feareth, w^ch heretofore hath much anoyed him.

2. is \hath beene/ very costiue (saueinge for 3 dayes last past) w^th some forcem^t thereto, yet his Body is temporate for heate & colde.

3 hee is not much thirsty saue at meales;

4 hee sleepes indifferent well, 5 or 6 houres in the night at beast.

5 his stomack seemeth to bee quieted when hee suppeth posset drinke

6 This is his Clymatericall yeare, beeinge 63 yeares at Alhollowetide last.

7 hee desires to knowe howe his Liuer may bee releeved & howe his Body may be loosened.

8 His was water ordinarily keepes in a reasonable lowe Coulour.

9 Hee feares y^t his Body (beeinge old & weake) will not much abide Phisike./

10 his dyet com̄only is veale & broth. & sometimes mutton, his drinke is small Be{e}re

vide April. 13.

D^r Astley warden of Alsolue {sic} Coll. in Oxon 63. y. Apr. 13. ☾ h. 2|1|. 20. p. m. 1629.

TG {Mr} Robert Langfield 14 y {Decem}br. 11 ♂ h. 3. p m. 1632. {Mel}ancholia affectꝯ præter morem tristatur et de salute dubitare et desperare præsumit, jnitium morbi fuit die ♄ 8 Decembr ante viduum.

SRN Elisabeth Studhall of Gilden Morton 55. y. eod. tem

Complaynes of a payne & riseing vp to her stomack was wont to Cast & found ease when she had vomited vp the water frō her stomack

desires t she had a vomit w^ch did her very much good. yet does not desire to take any vomit but some Comfortable thing

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ♄ ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

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

GJ Iohn Ieffry of Tingewicke 34 y Aug. 22 ♀ ho. 2. 50 p. m. 1606 A swelling in his knee tooke him on monday was sevenight burnes and is very hott that he cannot sleepe the left knee he sweates as he lyes

metuit veneficiū

TG Mary longstaff of La{illeg}|t|hbury. affectu uterino laborans et febri stomacho, capite et membrorum doloribus.¹

M^r. Edmund Vaughan of Corp. Chri Col. Oxon. Febr. 23. ♃ h. 2. p m. 1632

vrina valde bona

Desires to know whether his infirmity come from his Liuer or Brest or otherwise

pained in his Brest; rayseth euery morneing a litle Bloud w^th his flegme, desires to know from whence it proceedes.

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.

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

TG Nicholas Ducklas of Yardley \chase/ 52. |febris malig| sent hither last thursday d. 6 xbris & had a vomit wich worked 3 times, his vrin is high still. & cannot take his rest: & ratles still.

GJ Iane Shawe of Stonystratford 3j y. Ianuar: 23 ♃ ho. 1. 45 p m. 1606 Had a childe about Alhalloutide ever since troubled ex profluvio alboꝝ now very sikke & keepes her bed

U[1611–2] May. 14^th ♂ ho. 4^ta. 40. p. m. 1611.

Io: Nichols of Kimolton was here before April. 3. \1611./& had a vomit w^ch wrought wel a phrensy & lightnes in his head. /ætat. 50.\

RW M^ris: Anne Barker of Bar{illeg}|k|amsteede beyonde {Sen}ley. y. 26. d. ♀. h: 1. 30. p: m: Feb: 25. 1620. mente turbata: melancholica.

TG William Brocke of Buckenell 40 y. Mart. 2 ☿ h. 1 p M. 1634 Somnia turbulenta et animi deliquia.

GJ Anne Eastwick of milton Briant 26 y. Ianuary 17 ♀ ho. 4 15 p. m. 1606 Payne in her head and stomacke & hart had them not these 5 weekꝭ. quærit vtꝝ se gravida

RW M^r George Griffin. y. 35. d. ♂ h: 4. ant: m {sic}. Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a quartane 9 weekꝭ: hath a stitch in his sides vrina vrina ruffa scoureth euerie night