Casebooks

RN Mres Agnes Walth{orne} londinesis 32. Ian. 12 die ♀ hor 8 30 ant m. 1599. payned w^th a hardnes in her belly & stomack & lyeth betwixt her short ribbes it groweth bigger & bigger.

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. ☾ h. 7. 45 ant m 1599¹

asketh what it is y^t lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the moth^r & tooke her sinc her last child. w^th a cold.

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected¹

Alooes mxed {sic} w^th rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg w^th nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

RN A wayting gentlewomā of my lady Barcley mutch troubled w^th the greene sicknes. & the swelling & hardnes of the spleene {O}|3| {sic} 30 y Octob. 6. h. 2. 30 p m. 1611.

RN Deborah. Williams of old Stratford 11 y Iune 11. ♀ h. 8 15 ant m 1619 a great stitch \on the right syde/ & like a hard bunch w^ch fell downe a yere sinc after an ague. & groweth bigger & bigger downe to the belly. & belly hard so two yeres./

RN Iane Witmell of 7 y for a burning ague./ & a hard bellye.

RN my ladyes Daught^r cōplyneth of a sorenes in her bellye. & is somewhat harde.

SF M^rs Brage of 23 yers 1596|7| the 5 of Ianuari the ☿ an’ m’ at 8 Diz et vtrum sit grauida n^c nō. & the caus of her gret belly & hardnes therof her self brought yt

RN mes Elis Ionnson of Calidon serv. to the lady Barkcley 33 y octob. 7. ☾ h. 7|8|. 15. ant m 1611 |she brought a whyte thyn water /shortwyded splene hard & swelled\|

RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled w^th a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge

she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20^th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe

RN Agnys Lane of Lowton was here w^th me three quarters old Ap 14 ☾ h. 2. p. m. 1623 /had a great cough hard belly pyned & consumed\

RN Margaret mathew of Swelsoe a widow woman 50 y Decēb 20 ♃ hor 9. 2{illeg}|39|. ant m 1604.

her belly swelled vnto her navell very hard cōmeth vnto her in y^e maner of a stitche

RN Radolp: french. 46. s minister of Stock hamon. 9 of november. die ♃. h. 11. 45. 30. for his reume & his wife. arising frō his belly to his chest leeke led hard & hoven in his belly full of winde |1598|

an his wife an ach & gydines in her hed.